Quotes About Alienation

Men live alongside one another like cattle; it is a miracle if once in a while they manage to share a bottle of booze.

the word humanism made me want to vomit

And I no longer even know where the source is; at present, everything looks the same. The landscape is more and more gentle, amiable, joyous; my skin hurts. I am at the heart of the abyss. I feel my skin again as a frontier, and the external world as a crushing weight. The impression of separation is total; from now on I am imprisoned within myself. It will not take place, the sublime fusion; the goal of life is missed. It is two in the afternoon.

ludzie nie sprzymierzyli siÄ™ przeciw mnie, staÅ'o siÄ™ jedynie to, ?e nic siÄ™ nie staÅ'o, tylko moja od poczÄ…tku ograniczona przynale?no?? do Å›wiata stopniowo staÅ'a siÄ™ zerowa, a? w koÅ"cu nic ju? nie mogÅ'o powstrzyma? mojego dalszego staczania siÄ™ po równi pochyÅ'ej

In this apartment, as in his whole life now, he knew he would always feel as though he were staying in a hotel.

The problem is, it's just not enough to live according to the rules. Sure, you manage to live according to the rules. Sometimes it's tight, extremely tight, but on the whole you manage it. Your tax papers are up to date. Your bills paid on time. You never go out without your identity card (and the special little wallet for your Visa!). Yet you haven't any friends.

Estoy en el sistema liberal como un lobo en un descampado

In quel periodo cominciò a leggere Kafka. La prima volta provò una sensazione di freddo, di gelo insidioso; qualche ora dopo aver terminato Il Processo si sentiva ancora intorpidito, molle.

Michel Houellebecq

Il se sentait comme une boîte de bière écrasée sous les pieds d'un hooligan britannique, ou comme un beefsteak abandonné dans le compartiment légumes d'un réfrigérateur bas de gamme, enfin il ne se sentait pas très bien.

Michel Houellebecq

Ma ei armasta seda maailma. Ma tõepoolest ei armasta seda. Ühiskond, milles ma elan, on mulle vastik; reklaam ajab südame pahaks; info ajab oksele. Minu töö arvutispetsialistina seisneb andmete, infohulga ja ratsionaalsete otsustuskriteeriumite mitmekordistamises. See on täiesti mõttetu. Ausalt öeldes on see isegi halb; täiesti kasutu lisapinge närvirakkudele. Selles maailmas on küll kõike muud vaja kui lisainformatsiooni.

All in all, airport shops still form part of the national culture; but a part that is safe, attenuated, and wholly adapted to global consumption. For the traveler at the end of his journey, it is a halfway house, less interesting and less frightening than the rest of the country. I had an inkling that, more and more, the whole world would come to resemble an airport.

Seres humanos calvos, viejos, razonables, vestidos de gris, se cruzan a unos metros de distancia en sus sillas de ruedas. Circulan por un espacio inmenso, gris y desnudo; no hay cielo, no hay horizonte, nada; sólo hay gris. Cada cual farfulla para sus adentros, con la cabeza encogida entre los hombros, sin ver a los demás, sin siquiera prestar atención al espacio.

Il sut immédiatement que cet univers ralenti, marqué par la honte, où les êtres se croisent dans un vide sidéral, sans qu'aucun rapport entre eux n'apparaisse jamais possible, correspondait exactement à son univers mental.

Il me semble (...) que j'avais bien compris, déjà à cette époque, que le monde social était une machine à détruire l'amour.

I don't like this world. I definitely do not like it. The society in which I live disgusts me; advertising sickens me; computers make me puke.

Cine doarme este un alienat care se crede mort.

Le drame, vois-tu, c'est que beaucoup d'entre nous ne peuvent vivre ni dans leur patrie, ni à l'étranger. - Alors que leurs reste-t-il? - Le malheur.

Michelangelo Antonioni

Being cast out of society early on made you see civilization for the farce it was, a theater of cruelty you were free to drop out of. Instead of playing along you became a fuckup. It was a political statement and a survival skill.

serial killers report themselves as very lonely children who felt alienated and isolated from their peers. During their latency phases they did not learn to socialise, they did not learn to empathise with others and they did not incorporate moral and ethical values.

Aquel hombre no podía ser de su mujer, porque no era de sí mismo, dueño de sí, sino a la vez un enajenado y un poseído.

Two terms describing states of social pathology apply also to conditions that make flow difficult to experience: anomie and alienation. Anomie—