“Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.”
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (2005), p. 2
“Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is - and still not caring.”
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Tom Robbins
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Another Roadside Attraction
Source: Another Roadside Attraction
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