Happiness lies within one's self, and the way to dig it out is cocaine.

I cling unto the burning Æthyr like Lucifer that fell through the Abyss, and by the fury of his flight kindled the air. And I am Belial, for having seen the Rose upon thy breast, I have denied God. And I am Satan! I am Satan! I am cast out upon a burning crag! And the sea boils about the desolation thereof. And already the vultures gather, and feast upon my flesh.

I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.

Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.

Truth! Truth! Truth! crieth the Lord of the Abyss of Hallucinations

I have been accused of being a ‘black magician.’ No more foolish statement was ever made about me. I despise the thing to such an extent that I can hardly believe in the existence of people so debased and idiotic as to practice it.

The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!