“...there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.” FeelsKindI CanIdeasRealHandsColdFleshLifestyleShakesEntityAbstractionPsychoGrippingIllusoryReal Me Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning” FeelsMindHumansRealityHuman BeingsAbilityCompassionGoneBloodHairNormalSkinsVictimCornersFleshIntenseCharacteristicsRoughOf My MindResemblancePsychoImitatingDepersonalization Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“I keep feeling that people are becoming less human and more animalistic. They seem to think less and feel less so that everyone is operating on a very primitive level. I wonder what you and I will see in our lifetimes. It seems so hopeless yet we must keep on trying ... I guess we can't escape being a product of the times, can we?” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingHumansFeelingsSeemsLevelsWonderProductsBecomingLifetimeHopelessPrimitiveAnimalistic Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsHumansHuman BeingsEmotionClearBloodHairHappeningsSkinsGreedFleshHorribleCharacteristicsMaskSanitySlipsDisgustingVergePsychoFrenzyBloodlust Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“I stare into a thin, web-like crack above the urinal's handle and think to myself that if I were to disappear into that crack, say somehow miniaturize and slip into it, the odds are good that no one would notice I was gone. No... one... would... care. In fact some, if they noticed my absence, might feel an odd, indefinable sense of relief. This is true: the world is better off with some people gone. Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is crock. Some people truly do not need to be here.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldNeedsFeelsFactsMightCareGoneOur LivesTheoryDisappearAbsenceHandleOddStaringReliefCracksSlipsOddsBetter OffInterconnectedIndefinable Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“but I don't want to wear a condom because I don't feel anything," and she says calmly... glaring at me,"If you don't use one you're not going to feel anything anyway.” IfsWantFeelsUseCondom Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“What do you do?' she asks, holding out the vest. 'What do you do?' 'What do you do?' she asks, her voice shaking. 'Don't ask me, please. Okay, Clay?' 'Why not?' She sits on the mattress after I get up. Muriel screams. 'Because... I don't know,' she sighs. I look at her and don't feel anything and walk out with my vest.” KnowsFeelsLooksAsksVoiceWalksPleaseOkayGet UpAsk MeWhy NotScreamSighClayShakingVestsMattresses Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“I feel I'm moving toward as well as away from something, and anything is possible.” FeelsWellsMovingAnything Is PossibleStart The Day Book:American Psycho Source: American Psycho
“I'm not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces himself to sit down and write for seven hours every day might be wasting those seven hours if he's not in the mood and doesn't feel the juice. I don't think discipline equals creativity.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingMeanDoeBigsMightForceHoursCreativityDisciplineDown AndSevenBelieverMoodJuice Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.” FeelsEnoughAnswersSmart Author:Bret Easton Ellis
