Volatalistic Phil Quotes

I’m the new age miner,
going to work at the company’s
gold mines, where they charge me
for the pick axe

I used to fear things like not having enough alcohol and drugs, or the money to get them. Now I fear someone holding me down and physically forcing me to take drugs and drink alcohol. I fear that for some reason I wouldn't be allowed or wouldn't be able to read anymore.

It was the most beautiful moment that was so perfect you felt like you could just die. It was like the first time you ever heard Dido and Aeneas’ “When I am laid in earth.” A moment so pure you feel like you’re dreaming and begin to question your own mortality that could be capable of and rival such innocent beauty.

Because any guilt the size
of a speck of dust, or shame,
can crush even the best of men,
in mountains of weight

I can remember when
delusions of grandeur
entailed wanting to
be a rock star, movie star,
a millionaire; to make it
as a writer -
now it seems that it’s
to want to earn a
decent living

And somewhere
out there,
in the river of
addicts,
alcoholics,
wife beaters,
doormats,
overeducated legalized thieves,
fascist police,
and bitter rivalries -
someone told me
it’s a good city,
and I don’t know
what’s more frightening