"The monster does not need the hero. it is the hero who needs him for his very existence. When the hero confronts the monster, he has yet neither power nor knowledge, the monster is his secret father who will invest him with a power and knowledge that can belong to one man only, and that only the monster can give."

-- Roberto Calasso

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“Whenever I hear the word "share" I would reach for a gun if I had one. "Share" is frequently followed by the word "feelings", and I have enough of my own thank you; please do us both a favor and repress yours.”
“The car, the furniture, the wife, the children - everything has to be disposable. Because you see the main thing today is - shopping.”
“We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.”
“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”

Source : Quoted by Christopher Brasher in the Observer,12 Sep 1982.
“You can escape into a character.”
“The sun machine is coming down, and we're gonna have a party.”
“When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad.”

Source : "My Favorite Things" (song) (1959)
“Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.”

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