“It is passivity that dulls feeling.”

“People don't become inured to what they are shown - if that's the right way to describe what happens - because of the quantity of images dumped on them. It is passivity that dulls feeling. The states described as apathy, moral or emotional anesthesia, are full of feelings; the feelings are rage and frustration. ”

“Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of marriage is repetition. The best it aims for is the creation of strong, mutual dependencies.”

“Wherever people feel safe (...) they will be indifferent.”

“One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.”

“I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. ”

“I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.”