Favorite Quotes

but surely the door is already there to be knocked @ the chap just isn't coming

this is quite sad really & embarrassing to explain to the construction workers

but then ultimately the architect will knock @ the door

maybe that is the true moral of the story

if you don't have any friends just pay an architect to hang out with you

 

also my contribution


The purpose of life is not happiness, but rather heroic accomplishment. Every soul encompasses potential heroism, I thought. But every soul flickers for a few adolescent years with heroic visions, before resigning itself to mediocre values, before submitting to the lives of others, shrivelling & finally perishing. Why should I not be a soul, which no matter what the sacrifice required, attained heroism? Who could know? Perhaps I would be victorious in my pursuit of heroism. But then the victory itself would no longer have any meaning, but only the tireless striving toward it.

eliade, gaudeamus, works & days, p60

 

oh i completely agree

this is essentially the view of esoteric heroism

that & self-harm

you need to start enjoying the pains of failure

 

"Guilt distils into stories until it is palatable."

 

Age is an insatiable thief. It steals the pleasures of your youth, then locks you inside your own body with your desires still glowing. Worse, it makes you dependent upon people who are a half century younger than you. Don't let anyone tell you that it brings you peace, either, because that's the biggest lie of all.

[Sorry, lost the attribution.]

 

"Aye be both a sea captain and a marriage counselor, and I be here to help show you both how to batten your hatches and steer your relation ship through both fair winds and rough seas."

 

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

― John A. Shedd

 

"... yeah, I remember the first time I stepped on a Tesla-coil... "