...from one of my all-time favourite writers, Tom Robbins, whose Jitterbug Perfume I am currently engaged by:
"...an organism steeped in pleasure is an organism disposed to continue...the will to live cannot be overestimated as a stimulant to longevity...ninety percent of all deaths are suicides. Persons...who lack curiosity about life, who find minimal joy in existence, are all too willing, subconsciously, to cooperate with - and attract - disease, accident, violence."
- Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
Of course, this is not to promote simplistic hedonism or pleasure at the expense of others, or to suggest that longevity in such matters is important... but hopefully, you already know this.
"...an organism steeped in pleasure is an organism disposed to continue...the will to live cannot be overestimated as a stimulant to longevity...ninety percent of all deaths are suicides. Persons...who lack curiosity about life, who find minimal joy in existence, are all too willing, subconsciously, to cooperate with - and attract - disease, accident, violence."
- Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
Of course, this is not to promote simplistic hedonism or pleasure at the expense of others, or to suggest that longevity in such matters is important... but hopefully, you already know this.
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