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Enough of this wretched, whining monkey life

Posted in Quotes, tagged , , on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Enough of this wretched, whining monkey life. What’s the matter? Is any of this new? What is it you find surprising? The purpose? Look at it. The material? Look at that. That’s all there is. And the gods? Well, you could try being simpler, gentler. Even now. A hundred years or three. . . . [...]

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A glorious reputation handed down by leaves

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If you’ve immersed yourself in the principles of truth, the briefest, most random reminder is enough to dispel all fear and pain: . . . leaves that the wind Drives earthward; such are the generations of men. Your children, leaves. Leaves applauding loyally and heaping praise upon you, or turning around and calling down curses, [...]

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Stop whatever you’re doing for a moment and ask yourself: . . .

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Stop whatever you’re doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won’t be able to do this anymore? [Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.29]

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I walk through what is natural

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I walk through what is natural, until the time comes to sink down and rest. To entrust my last breath to the source of my daily breathing, fall on the source of my father’s seed, of my mother’s blood, of my nurse’s milk. Of my daily food and drink through all these years. What sustains [...]

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Don’t be distracted. Keep walking.

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If an action or utterance is appropriate, then it’s appropriate for you. Don’t be put off by other people’s comments and criticism. If it’s right to say or do it, then it’s the appropriate thing for you to do or say. The others obey their own leads, follow their own impulses. Don’t be distracted. Keep [...]

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Would you really see anything new?

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Look at the past — empire succeeding empire — and from that extrapolate the future: the same thing. No escape from the rhythm of events. Which is why observing life for forty years is as good as a thousand. Would you really see anything new? [Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.49]

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On Natural Death :: Lewis Thomas

Posted in Short Prose, tagged on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There are so many new books about dying that there are now special shelves set aside for them in bookshops, along with the health-diet and home-repair paperbacks and the sex manuals. Some of them are so packed with detailed information and step-by-step instructions for performing the function that you’d think this was a new sort [...]

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The Madman :: Friedrich Nietzsche

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The madman.- Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: “I seek God! I seek God!” -As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? [...]

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I never could mix vigilance and sex . . .

Posted in Quotes, tagged , , , on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the French Quarter there are several queer bars that are so full every night the fags spill out on to the sidewalk. A room full of fags gives me the horrors. They jerk around like puppets on invisible strings, galvanized into hideous activity that is the negation of everything living and spontaneous. The live [...]

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