“Oh, if I only had the vitality of that animal. There is a monster whose vitality is so splendid that the removal of its brain does not disturb it. I should feel very happy if someone would remove my body. If I only had some of that beast's useless strength.” BodyBrainStrengthVitalityMonster Book:The Monster of Lake LaMetrie Source: The Monster of Lake LaMetrie
“No longer is he interested in my scientific investigations, but pronounces them all bosh. No longer is his conversation such as an educated man can enjoy, but slangy and diffuse iterations concerning the trivial happenings of our uneventful life. Where will it end? In the absorption of the human mind by the brute body?” BodyConversationHuman Book:The Monster of Lake LaMetrie Source: The Monster of Lake LaMetrie