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"Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out."
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"As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her."
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"There was nothing Mandy had wanted more than to give her full attention to the world of Personifications and ignore those who ignored her in society. She'd wanted to talk out loud to Alecto, to have conversations in front of other ordinary people. Unfortunately, to do that in front of ordinary people would only prove her insanity, and although Mandy was naA ve at times, she wasn't stupid."
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
"The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation."
"To object/protest (vandha), create difficulties (vachka), and wrong beliefs (agnan) " these three are the reasons the world's delusion remains. It is to eradicate just these three things that all the worldly scriptures have been created."
"My mother, my psychiatrist and an assortment of sedatives eventually convinced me I was delusional."
"You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion."
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"Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out."
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"And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth."
"But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue."
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