“All sin tends to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is what is called damnation.”
"Hell"
A Certain World: A Commonplace Book (1970)
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“It is better to be addicted to opium than to be addicted to money.”
On her "soul brother" Jim Morrison, as quoted in Life and Lies of an Icon (1995) by Richard Witts.
Context: I think he was the first man I met who was not afraid of me in some way. We were very similar, like brother and sister. Our spirits are similar. We were the same height and the same age, almost … He was well read and he introduced me to William Blake and also the English Romantic poets who came after him. Jim liked Shelley. I preferred Coleridge. In fact, he is my favoured poet of all time. Did you know they were all drug addicts? Coleridge was addicted to opium. It is better to be addicted to opium than to be addicted to money.
“Addictions - Run to Jesus instead of running to your addiction.”
Better than Sex (22 August 1994)
1990s
Context: Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is. They are addicts, and they are guilty and they do lie and cheat and steal — like all junkies. And when they get in a frenzy, they will sacrifice anything and anybody to feed their cruel and stupid habit, and there is no cure for it. That is addictive thinking. That is politics — especially in presidential campaigns. That is when the addicts seize the high ground. They care about nothing else. They are salmon, and they must spawn. They are addicts.
“Be mindful of addictions. Any addiction, over time becomes your downfall.”
Original: Fai attenzione alle dipendenze. Qualsiasi dipendenza, nel tempo diventa la tua rovina.
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“I am not addicted to gambling although I am addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.”
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“I'm a reading addict. I can't live without it, like someone who is addicted to drugs.”
Better than Sex (22 August 1994)
1990s
Context: No candidate will risk being linked with a "suspected" addict — but a registered, admitted addict is a whole different thing. As long as I'd confessed, I was okay. Nobody really cared about the countless criminal addictions that preyed on me day and night — just as long as I was not in denial. That was the key. As long as they knew that I knew I was sick and guilty, I was safe.