'If, of all desires, duration were not the hardest
to achieve, it would be difficult to understand
what constitutes the attraction of the crowd of
the blessed.' --Elias Canetti, Crowds and
Power (1960)

" 'Ah, mulligrubs! Golgotha!...' " --Dr Awkward
& Olson in Oslo, Lawrence Levine (1986)

"Terror of Darkness, O thou King of Flames,
That with thy music-footed horse dost strike
The clear light out of crystal, on dark earth;
And hurl'st instructive fire about the world;
Wake, wake the drowsy and enchanted night,
That sleeps with dead eyes in this heavy riddle."
--George Chapman, Bussy d'Ambois

The Three Unholy Muses: Insomnia, Suicide &
Rejection.

"To recognize the mood-evocative power of
perfume in the relations of man and woman,
while ignoring its possibilities in the romance
of man and God, is surely a mistake."
--Herbert Weiner, 9 1/2 Mystics (1969)

The most interesting thing about the pseudo-
sciences is that they are able to exist at
all. This world we suppose so empirically-
bright, is it not rather darkened by
the presence of minds...?

'...At times on the blood's
last spit of land
the foghorn resounds
and the drowned sailor sings...' --Nelly Sachs

Ego + ignorance = folly. So egolessness in the
pursuit of knowledge brings wisdom?

'...a distinction must be made again betwixt
the death of Metals, and their rest or quietness.'
--Basil Valentine

"...let a vague pity blur the formal roses."
--Judith Wright