“ The lights became stars, which became streaks in the grayspace, and then networks of fading shimmers Ashim Shanker
“ What are the units of ontology really that I should be a part of a whole, but not be, in all my awareness, chiefly the whole unto itself? Ashim Shanker
“ Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force. Ashim Shanker
“ Elegance is the perfect disguise for our violent nature—a mask so convincing that we often fool ourselves the moment we don it. Ashim Shanker
“ In my mind, I could sense their roots under the soil, creeping in helical tangles of ever-increasing complexity outward and in all directions—out beyond the perimeter of the Helsingør Wood, out below… Ashim Shanker
“ Etchings endure, But not in SandMeanings Collide To Unresolved FragmentsCodes fizzle to StaticThey are not lostBut UnheardNever lostFading slowly to SilenceBy infinite degrees Ashim Shanker
“ The temporal heart resonates at whispersFrom a Truth overarchingOf whose countenanceTimeless Intellect yearns vainly to fathom Ashim Shanker
“ Never miss an opportunity to be truly and deeply humiliated! The shame will carve you down to an individual of exquisite layering, and in the process, etch within you the arcs of exceptional narrative… Ashim Shanker
“ Their quarry had been cornered in his defenses and their bloodlust was such that they were likely to pay top Julep to watch him escape, so that he might be brutalized and killed before their very eyes… Ashim Shanker
“ It would be both foolish and cumbersome to continue our everyday existences in bliss without first denying to ourselves, for the sake of excusing our own repugnance, the inherent cruelty from which mo… Ashim Shanker
“ But what is identity really? What is it to ‘belong’ when we cast ourselves in the mold of a social group? I ask this, in spite of my implicit allegiance to one; yet, it is a worthwhile question. I mea… Ashim Shanker
“ Was it possible to feel nostalgic about something that had never happened to him, possible for nostalgia to be taken in by the body as a free pathogen to infect the consciousness with stray sentiments… Ashim Shanker
“ What indeed is the half-life of a mortal consciousness? What is the half-life of a memory of that mortal consciousness? Of course, this is purely an academic question and of no immediate concern to th… Ashim Shanker
“ Princess Cookie’s cognitive pathways may have required a more comprehensive analysis. He knew that it was possible to employ certain progressive methods of neural interface, but he felt somewhat appre… Ashim Shanker
“ The arrow of time obscures memory of both past and future circumstance with innumerable fallacies, the least trivial of which is perception. Ashim Shanker
“ Human freedom brings with it the burden of choice and of its consequences. As humankind is akin to claim for its own special privilege a certain unique destiny not afforded with equal measure to other… Ashim Shanker
“ I feel as though dispossessed from the semblances of some crystalline reality to which I’d grown accustomed, and to some degree, had engaged in as a participant, but to which I had, nevertheless, grow… Ashim Shanker
