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I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason.
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
Language is a virus from outer space.
in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen
