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"To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility."
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Steve ToltzPride is the first thing you need to do away with in life. Its there t — Steve Toltz
"Pride is the first thing you need to do away with in life. Its there to make you feel good about yourself. Its like putting a suit on a shriveled carrot and taking it out to the theater and pretending its someone important. The first step in self-liberation is to be free of self-respect. I understand why its useful for some. When people have nothing, they can still have their pride. Thats why the poor were given the myth of nobility, because the cupboards were bare. Are you listening to me? This is important, Jasper. I dont want you to have anything to do with nobility, pride, or self-respect. Theyre tools to help you bronze your own head."
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Steve Toltz is an Australian novelist.
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"Denouncing civilization takes its toll when you continue to exist within it."
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"After this incident I got into the bad habit of treating her with courtesy and respect. Courtesy and respect are advisable when addressing a judge right before he sentences you, but in a relationship they signify discomfort."
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"Its too late now," he said. "You cant stop a tidal wave of hatred once its reached the shore."
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"The thing that makes a man go crazy isnt loneliness or suffering after all - its being kept in a state of perpetual dread."
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"No one listened to me. Caroline and I stood together as they dragged Terry away to a mental asylum. I looked at my parents incredulously, at their inexorably tepid souls. All I could do was uselessly shake a clenched fist and think how people are so eager to become slaves that its unbelievable. Christ. Sometimes they throw off their freedom so quickly, youd think it was burning them."
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