Oooh you're a naughty mess

the real comic muse is the one under whose laughing mask real tears roll down. gogol

my current predilection for quotes came with the discovery of an old notebook in which i had transcribed phrases from books i was reading/ i have found a running theme, somewhat in line with something saki said, viz. 'he's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed'/ i think i am unfair to ascribe this sentiment to myself, but nonetheless i think it true one finds comfort in what is familiar, good or bad/ i'm more of the mind of blind willie mctell: if i could change my way of living, it would mean so much to me/ however for real change to be effective, particularly from a state of distress, it must be gradual/ the mental upheaval of sudden and dramatic change is often too much for the distressed mind-body to handle, hence the near total failure of rapid detox treatments/ i think the resolve for real change often comes in a flash, an epiphany if you will, but it's implementation, to be lasting, must be carried out gradually and thoroughly/