Eric

“I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds.”
― Jack Kerouac

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”
― Edward Bernays, Propaganda

“حرف من راجع به این نیست که بدونی کجایی. راجع به اینه که به یه جایی برسی بدون این‌که هیچی با خودت برده باشی. چیزایی راجع به شروع دوباره تو ذهنت هست. یا تو ذهن هر کس دیگه‌ای. تو هیچ‌وقت دوباره شروع نمی‌کنی. تمام حرف من همینه. هر قدمی که برمی‌داری برای ابد برداشته شده. نمی‌تونی پاکش کنی.”
― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

“There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.”
― Milan Kundera