Adam Phillips, “On Giving Up”, (pg. 48)
…when survival is the project we can only do it by deadening ourselves; deathliness makes life viable […] parliamentary democracy of conflict and conciliating and compromising rival claims is a picture of aliveness; fascism is a desperate and murderous deadening.
Carl Jung, “The Red Book”, (pg. 435)
Serpent: “I say, life has yet to begin. Didn’t you feel empty today? Do you call that life?”
I: “What you say is true, but I try to put as good a face as I can on everything and settle for things.”
Serpent: “That might be quite comfortable. But you really ought to make much higher demands.” (pg. 435)