“There is a geographical element in all belief-saying what seem profound truths in India have a way of seeming enormous platitudes in England, and vice versa . Perhaps the fundamental difference is that beneath a tropical sun individuality seems less distinct and the loss of it less important.” WayImportantSeemsBeliefDifferencesLossSunElementsIndiaEnglandFundamentalsProfoundIndividualityVicesEnormousVice VersaSeemingTropicalPlatitudesProfound Truth Book:A kind of compulsion, 1903-1936 Source: A kind of compulsion, 1903-1936
“For me, it's a multitude of things. In the modern world, there's a real genuine fear of loss of individuality and I think the undead speak to that. I also think the idea of the dead coming back to life, and this unstoppable foe that just keeps coming and coming, but rather slowly just chases you, is a real primal fear. It's like a fear of claustrophobia, heights or water.” ThinkingWorldIdeasRealSpeakWaterLossModernIndividualityGenuineHeightMultitudesComing BackFoeModern WorldPrimalUnstoppableUndeadClaustrophobiaPrimal Fear Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“The whole time I was writing, I had to fight my normal inclination to be funny, to sort of patch humor in, in order to convey all of the disruptions of the disease to the family dynamic, the loss of individuality, the impact on professional life, and the sanity of the main character. Of course, that's not to say it never sneaks in; there's some black comedy in there, like when he shows up to court wearing a bicycle helmet and won't take it off.” WritingCharacterFightingBlackLossComedyIndividualitySanityBicycleSneakHelmet Author:Joshua Ferris