Quotation time.

[kyrasantae]

"There's so much light here, so the shadows will be dark. Darkness is part of our being. The part that we hide in shame is always active too.
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"Darkness is tolerated in Amsterdam. Tolerance makes evil show itself. Once our bad sides can be seen, we may learn to live with them, up to a point....When the shameful aspect is masked and repressed, we may expect considerable tension. Our evil will do everything to break out of our discipline, and then, suddenly...
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"The pushed-down immoral desire will have to break free, and if you hold it down too long, because there's no opportunity to let it go, or you're just too busy—well, I really wouldn't know what sort of terrible explosions could possibly take place."

—Janwillem van de Wetering, The Rattle-Rat

In other news, I went to watch Garden State today. There were only about 15 or so people there. Little did Barend (DK#2) know that I was sitting next to him, or rather, he happened to seat himself next to me. Well, until I told him at the end. Even then he didn't recognize me for a moment for the lights, albeit on, were still dim :P