#thoughts

There are tumults of the mind, when, like the great convulsions of Nature, all seems anarchy and returning chaos; yet often, in those moments of vast disturbance, as in the strife of Nature itself, some new principle of order, or some new impulse of conduct, develops itself, and controls, and regulates, and brings to an harmonious consequence, passions and elements which seem only to threaten despair and subversion. ↗

— William Gibson

#the-difference-engine #thoughts #inspirational

It was one of those days when I was thinking too much, too fast. Only it was more like the thoughts had a mind of their own and going all by themselves at a hundred miles a second, and I was just sitting back, feeling the growing paranoia inside of me. ↗

— Sasha Mizaree

#contemplation #control-issues #paranoia #thoughts #anxiety

A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#mental-illness #sickness #thoughts #insanity

Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending. ↗

— Cees Nooteboom

#fantasy #language #night-thoughts #self-deception #self-knowledge

Wherever I go, I run into myself. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#literature #literature-quotes #myself #myself-quatation #poems

I recreate myself; that is my only power. ↗