Barbara

“If you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do.”
― Clive James

“Although often with good intentions, our parents and teachers attribute negative definitions to us, which last for many years and prevent us from developing ourselves with pleasure. In psychomagic, we call these definitions “labels” because they stick to the self. So that the consultant can free herself from them, I advise:
▶ The consultant writes on adhesive labels as many definitions as they gave her, for example: “You have no ear for music,” “You don’t know how to use your hands,” “You’re a freeloader, liar, thief,” “You’re egotistical, weak, dumb, fat, skinny, vain, ungrateful,” and so on. The consultant glues these labels to every part of the body— many of them to the face—and goes out in public that way for as many hours as possible. When the consultant returns home, she should remove the labels, roll them into a ball, take the ball to the city dump, and throw it on top of the garbage pile, having beforehand caressed her body with hands soaked in pleasant perfume.”
― Alejandro Jodorowsky, Manual of Psychomagic: The Practice of Shamanic Psychotherapy

“It seemed to him that anyone with any trouble at all eventually found his way to a city library, and the really troubled ones became regulars.”
― M.E. Kerr, Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!

“I had a dream about you last night... you were a giant slinky and I watched you fall down the stairs.”
― Amy Sommers, I Had a Dream About You