“…it was not the pandemic that was the danger,
but instead this infection, the main symptom of which
was that people showed the worst side of themselves, and they were weak,
immeasurably weak and immeasurably idiotic…”
~László Krasznahorkai; hungarian novelist and screenwriter.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence,
it is self-preservation,
and that is an act of political warfare.”
~Audre ‘Geraldine’ Lorde; american writer, poet, philosopher and civil rights activist.
“The most painful state of being
is remembering the future,
particularly the one you’ll never have.”
~Soren ‘Aabye’ Kiekegaard; danish philosopher, poet and social critic.
“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”
~Charles ‘Lutwidge’ Dodgson “Lewis Carroll”; british author, poet and mathematician.
“A lot of things you see as a child remain with you
…you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.”
~’Timothy Walter’ “Tim” Burton; american filmmaker and artist.
“Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it.
When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.”
~’Rodman Edward’ “Rod” Serling; american screenwriter and television producer.
“Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world
but people capable of giving them their attention.”
~Simone ‘Adolphine’ Weil; french philosopher, mystic and political activist.
…”we all become martyrs in a kill economy…”
~the Th1rt3enth Friday; 2nd person narrative device, shell persona and critical edge.
“Nothing is intrinsically valuable;
the value of everything is attributed to it,
assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people.”
~John “Jack” ‘Simmons’ Barth; american writer.
“Death is a black camel that kneels down so we can ride.
When the dyings finally done and the suffering subsides,
all the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind.”
~David ‘Craig’ “Cloud” Berman; american musician, singer-songwriter and poet.