Acid," says the guy with the eyes, "raises your powers of integration so that everything is important." "Acid," says Chiron, "lowers your powers of d… - Lisa Mason

What was that teacher trying to do?
That teacher was trying to break her spirit.
But why would school do that? So you could become someone like her parents and believe in the things they believe in. So you won’t believe in the things they don’t believe in. And believe you’re a happy person whose life has meaning. So you will go to your job and do whatever gross thing someone tells you to do and get drunk on Friday and Saturday nights and pay taxes and bills. That’s why.

You are either the man in the white coat or you are the monkey. Susan sees herself as the monkey.

Junk does that. Junk is a forge. You enter the fire and come out twisted.