"Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage."

-- Christina, Queen of Sweden

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“we might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. he is drunk with weakness, wishes to grow even weaker, wishes to fall down in the middle of the main square in front of everybody, wishes to be down, lower than down.”
“Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.”
“I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try.”
“It occurred to me that when a person chooses certain behaviors, they have complete, 100% control over their choices. But once the behavior is chosen, therein lies the extent of the effects of that choice. One has 0% control over what happens to them or to their body as a result of that choice. You can choose how you respond to the consequences, but control is relinquished. Choose carefully!”
“It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should long ago have become angels had we been capable of paying attention to the experience of art, and allowing ourselves to be changed in accordance with the ideals it expresses. Art only has the capacity, through shock and catharsis, to make the human soul receptive to good. Itâ€™s ridiculous to imagine that people can be taught to be goodâ€¦Art can only give food â€“ a jolt â€“ the occasion â€“ for psychical experience.”
“It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.”
“Being true to ourselves doesn't make us people of integrity. Charles Manson was true to himself, and as a result, he rightly is spending the rest of his life in prison. Ultimately, being true to our Creator gives us the purest form of integrity.”
“In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.”

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