I am crying for more and more disasters, for bigger calamities, for grander failures. I want the whole world to be out of whack, I want everyone to scratch himself to death.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker desires total collapse to feel alive or to escape numbness.
- In plain terms
- I want the world to fail so I feel something.
- What can you take from it?
- Extreme desire for chaos can signal despair.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you feel in chaos?
- Why do you want it?
Another view
Catastrophe rarely brings clarity or lasting satisfaction.
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