“ Satisfying a savage instinct is incomparably more pleasurable than satisfying a civilized one. ”
The pity of it was that this discovery, if such it was, now seemed so stale, so profitless to me. What good was it? What good did thinking ever do?
~ Jed Rubenfeld
Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories.
For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear.
Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled by it. He may be aware exactly when and where it will occur. He may see an aura around people who are soon to die. Or he may see images of the disaster beforehand...
