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I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night
The best things in life make you sweaty.
I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.
The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.