Conventions are, indeed, all that shield us from the shivering void, though often they do so but poorly and desperately.

Robert Aickman
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  2. Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. - Narcotics Anonymous

  3. I love you. I hate you. I like you. I hate you. I love you. I think you’re stupid. I think you’re a loser. I think you’re wonderful. I want to be with you. I don’t want to be with you. I would never date... - Shannon L. Alder

  4. The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept. - George Carlin

  5. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you. - Rita Mae Brown

More Quotes By Robert Aickman
  1. The first step towards mastering time is always to make time meaningless

  2. After all, that was a main purpose of science: to make things of all kinds happen sooner than they otherwise would.

  3. At heart, women are creatures of darkness all the time.

  4. Enchanted islands are hard to understand, ' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you can never be sure where the enchantment begins and where it ends.

  5. No milk. It is black coffee, pure but strong, that fortifies against the powers of darkness with which the world is filled.

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