"Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind."

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John Kennedy Toole

#Jail Quotes #Soul Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Individuality is freedom lived.”

Source : John Dos Passos (1964). “Occasions and protests”
“It's impossible for one person to think of everything.”
“We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.”

Source : Lester B. Pearson (1964). “The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements”, McClelland and Stewart
“In this poor body, composed of one hundred bones and nine openings, is something called spirit, a flimsy curtain swept this way and that by the slightest breeze. It is spirit, such as it is, which led me to poetry, at first little more than a pastime, then the full business of my life. There have been times when my spirit, so dejected, almost gave up the quest, other times when it was proud, triumphant. So it has been from the very start, never finding peace with itself, always doubting the worth of what it makes.”
“Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.”
“I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film camera.”

Source : "Chud Rerun: Interview with Vilmos Zsigmond". Interview with Smilin' Jack Ruby, trouble.city. May 13, 2002.
“I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.”
“I'm so tired I never want to wake up again. But I've figured out now that it was never them that made me feel that way. It was just me, all along.”

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