

“Behind the ticket counter stood a man as skinny as a soaked poodle. He sported a shirt of swatch-sized plaid and a blond ponytail that, unless destined for a chemotherapy patient, should have been immediately chopped off, buried in an unmarked grave, and never spoken of again. Hipsterdom's a tightrope strung across the canyon of douche-baggery. He clung by a finger.”
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
― The Tsar of Love and Techno

“this is the highest point in leningrad" he taps. "with the very best view."
"these are windowless rooms," I point out. "in a cellar."
"yet from here i see the kingdom of heaven”
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
"these are windowless rooms," I point out. "in a cellar."
"yet from here i see the kingdom of heaven”
― The Tsar of Love and Techno

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
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“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back”
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“The modern habit of saying "This is my opinion, but I may be wrong" is entirely irrational. If I say that it may be wrong, I say that is not my opinion. The modern habit of saying "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" – the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.”
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