February 2007
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Two Sorts Of Love
There are two main sources of the desire which is called love: self-hatred and self-love. In self-hatred, one desires the opposite of oneself: the timid, outcast, sensitive woman wants a man’s man who never shows weakness; the woman who feels she has gone so deep into depravity that love is gone for her seeks a [...]
Books About Books
Reading the criticisms most intellectuals make of other intellectuals, I constantly find myself suspecting that they so often miss the point made in what they read because they are resolved to miss the point, because understanding might put them in the dangerous position where they might have to change their opinions.
You’re Only Pretty When You’re Crying
Though I suspect few men would admit it or perhaps even consider it, a woman often seems most lovable when she is crying: this truly is a somewhat perverse feeling born of our profound desire to protect women.
Leaving Misanthropy Behind
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.1 Originally written as poem, reset by myself as the prose it plainly is. Irving Layton : The Wholy Bloody Bird↩
Excrucior
When one has lost the willingness to suffer or even to risk suffering for another, one has lost the ability to love.
A La King Osric
Eventually every place loses its novelty and hence its magic, when there is nothing left to learn or be amazed at. And only the people we love remain.
Life In The Fast Lane
It’s remarkable: there comes a day in your life when you realize you no longer know how to function at the slow pace most people function at. And, more amazingly, you realize that you no longer are sure you would want to try because you aren’t convinced anyone operating at a slower pace would be [...]
Two New Loves
I was born in a time when the majority of people had lost faith in God, for the same reason their elders had had it — without knowing why.1 A simple summary of why I think most atheists are naive in thinking that the absence of belief in God is a major step in the [...]
Feminism And Assortative Mating
Perhaps the most profound effect of feminism over the centuries will be an increase in assortative mating caused by having allowed women to choose their own mates.
Not Remembrace, But Hope
Not the remembrace of days spent together, but the hope of those yet to come sustains a friendship. Where such hope has died, neither gratitude nor loyalty can compensate for its loss.