What we do, as a conscious species, is set markers for ourselves. Once we reach one marker, we advance to the next.
Thomas LigottiThe only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.
Thomas LigottiMy imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties have always needed...extentions. That's why I'm here with you. You're smiling again, or rather you're SMIRKING. Funny word, smirk. Rather like an extraterrestrial surname. Simon Smirk. How do you think that sounds?
Thomas Ligotti