Well, misery has nothing to do with my respect, except in that those who seem blindly happy I generally have no respect for. Does that mean I want you to be miserable? No. Everyone judges you for this? What do you mean? I don't understand what's worth being jealous of, though, I really don't. Perhaps that's because I do 'want to be different'. No other life worth living. Honesty and openness do have something to do with it, because 1) I respect those qualities, and 2) most people are too polite (perhaps even in their thoughts, deceived as much as they deceive, etc.) to possess them.
Unfortunately, it often seems to, at one point or another (I say this b/c many of the intellectuals I respect most seem to have been rejected at the time, impoverished, even publishing on their own money or posthumously b/c no one would accept their things). The world doesn't get by on passion.
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Date: 2009-08-09 05:36 am (UTC)Unfortunately, it often seems to, at one point or another (I say this b/c many of the intellectuals I respect most seem to have been rejected at the time, impoverished, even publishing on their own money or posthumously b/c no one would accept their things). The world doesn't get by on passion.