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"When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate."
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"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself."

"If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone."

"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."

"The world is the puzzle, itself; but it is always in principle."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly."

"And you wouldn't believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldn't be scared of me, would you?"

"I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you."
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"I moved further and further away from mass entertainment. The sexual element became increasingly sinister and bizarre. Don't blame me! The bastards drove me to it! They all backed off after that!"

"I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist."

"Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy."

"When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us."

"Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances."
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