As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair. But when it comes to existential judgments, human beings in general have an unfalteringly good opinion of themselves and their condition in this world and are steadfastly confident they are not a collection of self-conscious nothings.
Everything is ultimately peculiar and ultimately ridiculous. - Thomas Ligotti
Everything is ultimately peculiar and ultimately ridiculous.
- Thomas Ligotti
It has always seemed to me that my existence consisted purely and exclusively of nothing but the most outrageous nonsense. - Thomas Ligotti
It has always seemed to me that my existence consisted purely and exclusively of nothing but the most outrageous nonsense.
Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page. - Thomas Ligotti
Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page.
Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginin… - Thomas Ligotti
Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginin…
No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon our heads, we would n… - Thomas Ligotti
No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon our heads, we would n…
No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal. - Thomas Ligotti
No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal.
The human phenomenon is but the sum Of densely coiled layers of illusion Each of which winds itself on the supreme insanity That there are persons of… - Thomas Ligotti
The human phenomenon is but the sum Of densely coiled layers of illusion Each of which winds itself on the supreme insanity That there are persons of…
The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world. - Thomas Ligotti
The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.
While a modicum of consciousness may have had survivalist properties during an immemorial chapter of our evolution – so one theory goes – this facult… - Thomas Ligotti
While a modicum of consciousness may have had survivalist properties during an immemorial chapter of our evolution – so one theory goes – this facult…
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