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Diary of a Drug Fiend

Name: Diary of a Drug Fiend
Author: Aleister Crowley

Diary of a Drug Fiend, published in 1922, was occult writer and mystic Aleister Crowley's first published novel, and is also reportedly the earliest known reference to the Abbey of Thelema in Sicily.

“Every one interprets everything in terms of his own experience. If you say anything which does not touch a precisely similar spot in another man's brain, he either misunderstands you, or doesn't understand you at all.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“Your kiss is bitter with cocaine.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“I hardly ever talk- words seem such a waste, and they are none of them true. No one has yet invented a language from my point of view.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“I've often thought that there isn't any "I" at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves, we are simply the victims of a delusion.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“Happiness lies within one's self, and the way to dig it out is cocaine.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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“Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.”

Aleister Crowley book Diary of a Drug Fiend

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