Samantha stopped by last nite and visited. (She says that I am spending too much time alone. (Probably true.))
(Noon) Quotes:
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche-"He who has seen
deeply into the world knows what wisdom there is in the fact that men are
superficial."
"... religion is one more means of overcoming resistance so as to be able to rule!"
"A soul which knows it is loved but does not itself love betrays its dregs - its lowest part comes up."
"The same emotions in man and woman are, however, different in tempo: therefore, man and woman never cease to misunderstand one another."
"Terrible experiences make one wonder whether he who experiences them isn’t something terrible."
"By means of music the passions enjoy themselves."
6-28-85
(8am) I went out to the Jefferson River yesterday afternoon with Samantha and one of her girlfriends. (They jumped off the bridge and swam, but I couldn't get into that. (I worked on my suntan instead.))
Samantha stopped by again last nite and bitched about Leo. (She has a variety of complaints, but she won't talk to him about them.)-(So much of what goes wrong with relationships seems to relate back to the two people not communicating.)
Quotes:
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche-"One is punished most
for one's virtues."
"One seeks a midwife for his thoughts, another someone to whom he can be a midwife: thus originates a good conversation."
"That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil."
"The sense of the tragic increases and diminishes with sensuality."
"Christianity gave EROS poison to drink - he did not die of it, to be sure, but degenerated into vice."
"To talk about oneself a great deal can also be a means of concealing oneself."
6-29-85
(10am) I went down to the Filler last nite with Samantha to hear Leo's band play. (They were hot.) (That was fun.)
(11am) The flies are getting thick in here. (I suppose I should put some screens on the windows, but I am too broke and lazy.)-(Oh well, killing flies is a pleasant way to release my hostility.)
As the courthouse turns: I walked into the Treasurer's office the other day and the girls were talking about how "skittish" I am. (How true.)
Quote:
Marilyn French, "The Woman's Room"-
"... to choose a husband is to choose a life."