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The Virgin Suicides

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Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides is an American novelist known for his unique narrative style and profound portrayal of complex family relationships. His works often explore identity, genetics, and human emotions. more

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“We have even lost any critical insight we may once have had into the organic basis of perception, taking for granted the basic fact that a normal person has two eyes. We have nearly ceased to consider this as even knowledge at all and are no longer conscious of our own participation in perception. Instead, we feel a complete passivity in the face of a power that is independent of us; a power we call "existence" or "reality.”

“Reality is an algorithm of all possibilities, our responsibility is to choose the most rational emotional response to those possibilities based on previous experiences and that becomes our reality. Reality is not a simulation, it’s a super intelligent system of fully immersive chemically stimulated experiences. Reality is the only thing that’s real.”