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Quotes of the Day. January 26, 2010.

 
 
 
“Pornography is the quadraphonics of sex. It adds a third and fourth track to the sexual act. It is the hallucination of detail that rules. Science has already habituated us to this microscopics, this excess of the real in its microscopic detail, this voyeurism of exactitude.” (Jean Baudrillard)
 
“At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted [...]

Filling Emptiness with Love or Justice?

Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of the Werewolf”
‘and when you feel happy for someone else, you fill emptiness with love.’
[...]
if you want a meaning for life, you’ll never find a better one.’
‘But love – isn’t it that emptiness, too?’
‘Sure.’
‘Then what’s the difference?’
‘The diffirence is emptiness, too.’
He thought for a moment.
‘But can you fill the emptiness [...]

Victor Pelevin. Meaning of Life.

 
 
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
 
‘I’m so happy for you, darling!’ I said.
 
Not many were-creatures know what it is t feel happy for someone else.  And tailless monkeys know even less about it, all they know how to do is smile broadly in order to boost their social adaptability and increase the volume of [...]