“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is present?
You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more”
― Identity
You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more”
― Identity
“People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it.”
― Carrie
― Carrie
“Myths, however, consist of symbols that were not invented but happened.”
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
“All the corpses in the world are chemically identical, but living individuals are not.”
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
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