"My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension of my own disturbed state of mind."

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Source : Anna Kavan, Brian Wilson Aldiss (1990). “My madness: the selected writings of Anna Kavan”

Anna Kavan

#Confused Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold.... I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hands, I used to hold Since you went away, the days grow long And soon I'll hear ol' winter's song. But I miss you most of all my darling, When autumn leaves start to fall.”
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”

Source : "The 2,000 Year Old Man". Animation, Comedy, 1975.
“Once you get used to being treated like you matter, it's hard to uproot and move somewhere where you don't.”
“Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.”
“Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.”
“I had the sensation that I might always be running like this, that I would always have to run, and that I would always be able to run.”
“If you can't look in the mirror and genuinely love 100% of what you see, how can you possibly say "i love you" to someone else.”
“Life ends so fast, so take your chance, and make it last.”

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