“How inferior the human machine is, compared to man-made machines. They can be decoked, unscrewed, oiled and parts replaced. Decidedly, nature is not a very wonderful thing.” MenHumansMadeNatureWonderfulMachinesInferiorsReplacedWonderful Things Book:The Road from Decadence: From Brothel to Cloister : Selected Letters of J.K. Huysmans Source: The Road from Decadence: From Brothel to Cloister : Selected Letters of J.K. Huysmans
“Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human stupidity.” HumansDreamSolitudeComfortableStupidityDesertRefugeRefinedUnendingArkDelugeHuman Stupidity Book:Against the Grain Source: Against the Grain
“The belief that man is an irresolute creature pulled this way and that by two forces of equal strength, alternately winning and losing the battle for his soul; the conviction that human life is nothing more than an uncertain struggle between heaven and hell; the faith in two opposed entities, Satan and Christ - all this was bound to engender those internal discords in which the soul, excited by the incessant fighting, stimulated as it were by the constant promises and threats, ends up by giving in and prostitutes itself to whichever of the two combatants has been more obstinate in its pursuit.” MenWayGivingHumansHas BeensTwoSoulEndsLife IsFightingWinningBeliefForceHeavenChristStruggleHellPromiseBattleCreaturesEqualLosingConstantThreatBoundsConvictionExcitedPursuitHuman LifeSatanInternalsEntityUncertainHeaven And HellDiscordGiving InWinning And LosingIncessantObstinate Author:Joris-Karl Huysmans
