if we usually speak of the imaginary as the unreal, the utopian, this must contain the symptom of something. In contrast to this something, we may examine briefly together the order of reality that I designate as mundus imaginalis
Henri Corbin, Mundus Imaginalis, or the Imaginary and the Imaginal
During the act of procreation, the force that bonds two people together escaping solitude is in essence a trait that exists in each person, a madness which is imbued with a grief that slowly draws toward the depths of death.
Sadegh Hedayat, trans. Naveed Noori, The Blind Owl [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
Well, that was the thing with humans. They liked to be around each other and cram themselves three or four in a den if they could, then cram their dens in together as close as house martin nests. Leave a human alone for too long and it would get weird and sad.
T Kingfisher, Minor Mage [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
Ambitions and the blessed simplicities of action don’t always quarter together in comfort.
Regina Corrado, Ted Mann, Deadwood, s03e03
