We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

Is everybody in?... Is everybody in?... Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin...

Maybe primitive people have less bullshit to let go of, to give up. A person has to be willing to give up everything—not just wealth. All the bullshit he's been taught—all society's brainwashing. You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren't willing to do that.

The world we suggest is a new wild west. A sensuous evil world. Strange and haunting, the path of the sun.

I pressed her thigh and death smiled

Is everybody in?... Is everybody in?... Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin... The program for this evening is not new. You've seen this entertainment through and through. You've seen your birth, your life and death. You might recall all the rest. Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a movie on?

Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss