2000s, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2004)
“paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness”
“Total paranoia is just total awareness.”
Rolling Stone interview (June 1970)
Context: Have you ever seen the coyote in the desert? Watching, tuned in, completely aware. Christ on the cross, the coyote in the desert — it’s the same thing, man. The coyote is beautiful. He moves through the desert delicately, aware of everything, looking around. He hears every sound, smells every smell, sees everything that moves. He’s in a state of total paranoia, and total paranoia is total awareness.
“Blind faith is just another word for slavery.”
Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 25 (p. 338)
“Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.”
Source: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
“Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose".”
Song lyrics, Me and Bobby McGee (1969)
Variant: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free
“You don't need words — just one kiss, then another.”
Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)
The Sixties, 1966 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)
Article, Evening Standard, Tue 25 June 2013, pp.1-4
