“It's unnecessary and destructive to think of oneself at all. People ask me, 'What do you think of yourself as?' My answer is, 'Nothing.” PeopleThinkingAsksAnswersEgoOneselfAsk MeDestructiveUnnecessaryThink Of You Author:Paul Bowles
“No one can ever heap enough insults upon me to suit my taste. I think we all really thrive on hostility, because it's the most intense kind of massage the ego can undergo. Other people's indifference is the only horror.” PeopleThinkingKindEnoughTasteHorrorEgoIntenseSuitsIndifferenceInsultThriveHostilityMassage Book:In Touch: The Letters of Paul Bowles Source: In Touch: The Letters of Paul Bowles
“The Hindus are busy letting themselves be seen riding in Cadillacs instead of smearing themselves with sandalwood paste and bowing in front of Ganpati. The Moslems would rather miss evening prayer than the new Disney movie. The Buddhists think it's more important to take over in the name of Stalin and Progress than to meditate on the four basic sorrows. And we don't even have to mention Christianity or Judaism.” ThinkingImportantNamesPrayerChristianityFourProgressMissingFrontsSorrowBusyBuddhistEveningRidingJudaismCadillacsSandalwoodEvening Prayer Book:The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House Source: The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House
“Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more, perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps 20. And yet it all seems limitless.” ThinkingKnowsLifeWellsSeemsHappensRememberDeathCertainTimeDiesMemoriesNumbersWatchesKnowingFiveFourChildhoodInspirational LifeMoonLive LifeLife And DeathMore TimeAfternoonWasting TimeComposerLiving My LifeEnjoy LifeLimitlessLife Is ShortLife Is Too ShortChildhood MemoriesFull MoonSmall NumbersAppreciate LifeDon't Waste Your TimeTime FliesLive Life HappyConceivingLife Being ShortMoon Rise Author:Paul Bowles
