The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul will grow sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.
Howl, Beat poet
Attributed to Ginsberg, but often associated with Oscar Wilde. Ginsberg quoted or referenced it frequently.
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"How sick i am! that thought Always comes to me with horror. Is it this strange for everybody? But such fugitive feelings have always been my metier."
Philosophical"The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we carry is love."
Shocking"I'm sick of your insane demands. When can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks?"
Philosophical"I'm a light, but I'm not a darkness."
Humorous"If you don't have a story, you're not a human being. You're just a collection of cells."
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