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“Men have called me mad; but the question is not settled whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence -- whether much that is glorious -- whether all that is profound -- does not spring from disease of thought -- from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect. They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who only dream by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil. They penetrate, however rudderless or compassless, into the vast ocean of the ‘light ineffable’.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

“There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“Grief is like a drunken house guest, always coming back for one more goodbye hug.”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”
― Stephen King

“Choose a life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers... Choose DSY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away in the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself, choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Mates are a waste of fucking time. They are always ready to drag you down tae their level of social, sexual and intellectual mediocrity.”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“The memories we bury under mountains of silence are the ones that never stop haunting us.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, El laberinto de los espíritus

“Навън пейзажът изглеждаше сякаш нарисуван от художник сюрреалист. Слънцето не можеше да пробие облаците и през дъждовната пелена сградите изглеждаха плашещи и нереални: вече не бяха само мрачни и злокобни безлични кутии от бетон и стъкло, оцветени в сиво. Очертанията им се разкривяваха, размити линии се срещаха в размазани ъгли, пречупени през кривата водна призма. Вода, вода и пак вода - превзела земя и небе, мъчеща се да ги съшие в едно, да измести въздуха и да покрие всичко в нерушимия монолит на властта си." - Бранимир Събев, "Водният град”
― Бранимир Събев, Априлска жътва

“Днешният ден на бойното поле не се различаваше много от останалите денонощия на кърваво безумие и настървена лудост, царящи вече месеци. Тътен, взривове, огън, прах и нескончаеми откоси, напомнящи работата на шивашки цех в Ада. И смърт, смърт, смърт, господстваща над всичко, взимаща непрестанно богата дан с алчно ожесточение. На Джими му хрумна нелепата идея, че вместо да размахва добре наточена коса, Жътварят всъщност язди огромна дебела свиня, която бе Богът на Войната и припознаваше шума от танковите вериги с мляскането на прасето, дъвчещо човешки животи, а взривовете бяха неговите доволни оригвания, колчем запратеше поредната порция сдъвкани души към вечно гладния си търбух. - "Ще крача редом с теб”
― Бранимир Събев, Пустинния скорпион

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON PEOPLE BECAUSE...
...they go away.
...strangers die.
...people you know fairly well die.
...friends die.
...people murder people, like in books.
...your own folks can die.

So...”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.

"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.

"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat.
2) Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway.
3) If asked if you care about the world's problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks, he will never ask you again.
4) Never give your real name.
5) If ever asked to look at yourself, don't look.
6) Never do anything the person standing in front of you can't understand.
7) Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“You fucking knew that fucking cunt would fuck some cunt.”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting