"Philosophers are divided on the question of whether the narrative therein unfolded [the Crossman Diaries] is grippingly boring or boringly gripping."

-- Clive James

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“The greatest enemy of mankind is his ignorance of the inherent money power in all of us. When the realization of this comes to man, he will like Samson, push down the walls of his prison.”
“I think there are people watching me, and if ever I manage to save Â£1,000 there's someone saying, 'Oh, we'll invent a tax to take that off him.”
“Our ingress into the world Was naked and bare; Our progress through the world Is trouble and care.”
“Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.”
“You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn.”
“Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.”
“Effects vary with the conditions which bring them to pass, but laws do not vary. Physiological and pathological states are ruled by the same forces; they differ only because of the special conditions under which the vital laws manifest themselves.”
“When we were studying at the Royal Antwerp Academy, we were taught to seek inspiration from everyone, everything and everywhere. My parents and grandparents were also a great inspiration for me at a very young age.”

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