“Far from seeking to justify, as does the Church, the necessity of torments and afflictions, he cried, in his outraged pity: 'If a God has made this world, I should not wish to be that God. The world's wretchedness would rend my heart.” IfsWorldShouldHeartDoeMadeWishChurchThis WorldMy HeartSeekingPityJustifyCriedAfflictionTormentOutragedWretchedness Book:Against the Grain Source: Against the Grain
“His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It became perfectly clear to him that he could entertain no hope of finding in someone else the same aspirations and antipathies; no hope of linking up with a mind which, like his own, took pleasure in a life of studious decrepitude; no hope of associating an intelligence as sharp and wayward as his own with any author or scholar.” WorldMindMadeLastsHumanityRealizingPleasureClearGrewFoolFindingsAspirationContemptScholarNo HopeScoundrelsAntipathyStudious Book:Against nature: a new translation of À rebours Source: Against nature: a new translation of À rebours
“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
