Conrad Aiken Quotes

… a silly place

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Humor is reason gone mad.

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

In the world of 'Tim and Eric,' everything is big and ridiculous and absurd.

I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable.

Principally, I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartedly love John, Peter, Thomas and so forth …

There's not much difference between love and hate.

I always believed there's a fine line between love and hate.

In order to love fighting, I have to hate it.

You can love someone and not like them.

Love! Hate! Is there no third?

In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask.

Love is irrational, I reminded myself. The more you loved someone, the less sense anything made.

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

There is absolutely no common sense, it is common non-sense.

Credo quia absurdum – I believe because it is absurd.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

And when you cannot prove that people are wrong, but only that they are absurd, the best course is to let them alone.

I'm in love. And I like how that feels. And I hate how that feels. Because love is an invention of fiction writers.

Unconditional love is a lofty ideal, but unconditional hate is a fact well documented by history.

As love, if love be perfect, casts out fear, so hate, if hate be perfect, casts out fear.

You love the person for who they are, flaws and all. You can't help who you love, either. It comes from a different side of your brain than the logic part that tells you that this person is horrible for you - "You should walk away!" While you're walking away, the other part of your brain is trying to gain control of your bodily functions. "Turn around! She's the one!"