Ted

“There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.”
― William S. Burroughs

“If, after having been in someone's presence, you feel like you've lost a quart of plasma - avoid that presence. No one likes to hear the word "vampire" used around here... it's kind of bad for our public image.”
― William S. Burroughs

“The bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive from life is something you have earned.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

“ Experiența[..] este capătul unor încercări fructoase, întreprinse cu cel mai desăvârșit cinism, de a nega toate acele lucruri pe care le-au prețuit ca adevărate,curate,drepte. Ei unii nu-și dau seama de teribilul cinism care zace în această permanentă definire a experienței ca suprem scop al vieții. ”
― Stig Dagerman, A Burnt Child