Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Thanks Marilyn for the quote :)


"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, 1911.
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Friday, 10 June 2011

Demented


"Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives."


William C. Dement, professor of psychiatry (born 1928)
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