Any attempt at willful ignorance would now be futile or worse; the only talisman against excessive knowledge that might have puissance would be more … - Norman Spinrad

For truth be told, I was tormented by perceptions and their corollary temptation which from a social definition rendered me unsane, though from a more absolute viewpoint what I might be said to have been suffering from was an excess of insight.

I could not deny that my spirit was amorally attracted to this ultimate temptation as my conscience was morally repelled by it.

“If the path exists for spirit to transcend this sorry scheme of things entire, vraiment, it must exist for all.”
Or for none at all, I thought, but deigned not to voice.