“The only people who are worth knowing are either saints, scoundrels or madmen; at least their conversation is always interesting. Sensible people are dull by definition, because they are always harping on to the same boring tune about everyday life. They form part of the crowd, the more intelligent part perhaps, but the crowd for all that, and I’m sick of them.” PeopleLifeMadnessBoringCrowd Author:Joris-Karl Huysmans
“he felt a glow of pleasure at the idea that here he would be too far out for the tidal wave of Parisian life to reach him, and yet near enough for the proximity of the capital to strengthen him in his solitude.” SolitudeDepressionCrowdStudiousHermitic Book:Against Nature Source: Against Nature
