People Would Rather Be Deceived Than Have

Every Human Being Must Find His Own Way To Cope With Severe Loss, And The Only Job Of A True Friend Is To Facilitate Whatever Method He Chooses.

I Have A Grim Outlook On The World, And In Particular On Humanity. Spent Years Denying It, But I Am Very Misanthropic. And I Live Alone On A Mountain For A Reason.

The Defenders Of Decent Society And The Disciples Of Degeneracy Are Often The Same People.

Imagine, [kriezler] Said, That You Enter A Large, Somewhat Crumbling Hall That Echoes With The Sounds Of People Mumbling And Talking Repetitively To Themselves. All Around You These People Fall Into Prostrate Positions, Some Of Them Weeping. Where Are You? Sara’s Answer Was Immediate: In An Asylum. Perhaps, Kreizler Answered, But You Could Also Be In A Church. In The One Place The Behavior Would Be Considered Mad; In The Other, Not Only Sane, But As Respectable As Any Human Activity Can Be.

I'm A Fairly Ascetic Person. And I Do Most Of My Writing At Night. You Don't Get Distracted, Your Brain Goes Into What You Are Writing About, Into The World You're Writing About, Rather Than Into The World You're In.