Aphorisms & Observations

Selected Quotes

Existentialist propositions and personal candour. The weight is in the gap between the words.

Illusion & Reality

"If life is an illusion, our emotions are just a cosplay."

On the theatrical quality of feeling within a potentially unreal world.

"You say this world is a paradise. I fear if indeed it is."

A dread not of hell, but of the possibility that this is the best there is.

"Like an empty beautiful vessel."

Defiance

"The defiance of meaninglessness is through joy."

An existentialist proposition: joy as revolt, not escape.

"To exist is the disrespect of death."

Existence as an act of rebellion against the terminal.

"To not laugh at foolishness is to let it exist."

Humanity

"Humanity is often just a collection of small stupidity; to hate them for it would be to hate the very nature of things."

A compassion earned through clear-eyed disappointment.

"Such is life."

The fullest possible shrug. Resignation as philosophy.

Existence

"Doors are open but the path is broken."

On access without passage—opportunity rendered inert by circumstance.

"I am not half the man I used to be."

Grief & Love

"What grief is your grief if you don't stab yourself in the sufferings."

On the authenticity of pain—grief that does not wound is doubted.

"God forbid I am loved."

A psychology of self-exile.