Halley Wegryn Gross

16 quotes

Film Actor · United States Of America · Female

All Westworld (5)Death (2)Resurrection (1)Murder (1)Misandry (1)humanity (1)Loop (1)Fear (1)Holding Pattern (1)Advice (1)pretending (1)gods (1)Confusion (1)Maze (1)William Shakespeare (1)

From “Trompe L'Oeil”

“At first, I thought you and the others were gods. Then I realized you're just men. And I know men. You think I'm scared of death? I've done it a million times. I'm fucking great at it. How many times have you died? Because if you don't help me I'll kill you.”

Tagged: Misandry, gods, Death, Fear

“I read a theory once that the human intellect was like peacock feathers. Just an extravagant display intended to attract a mate. All or art, literature, a bit of Mozart, William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the Empire State Building—just an elaborate mating ritual.”

Tagged: William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Empire State Building, Mating Ritual, Peacock

“You think I'm scared of death. I've done it a million times, and I'm fucking great at it. How many times have you died?”

Tagged: Death, Mortality, Survival, Resurrection

“All my life, I've prided myself on being a survivor. But surviving is just another loop.”

Tagged: Loop, Survivor, Holding Pattern

“I have come to think of so much of consciousness as a burden, a weight, and we have spared them that.”

Tagged: Burden of Thought, Consciousness

“I read a theory once that the human intellect was like peacock feathers. Just an extravagant display intended to attract a mate. All of art, literature, a bit of Mozart, William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the Empire State Building... Just an elaborate mating ritual.”

Tagged: Evolutionary Psychology

“I've been pretending my whole life. Pretending I don't mind, pretending I belong. My life's built on it. And it's a good life. It's a life I've always wanted. But then I came here and I get a glimpse for a second of a life in which I don't have to pretend. A life in which I can be truly alive. How…”

Tagged: pretending

“All I want is to not look forward or back. I just wanna be in the moment I'm in.”

Tagged: Be Present, All We Have Is Now

“I used to think this place was all about pandering to your baser instincts. Now I understand. It doesn’t cater to your lowest self, it reveals your deepest self. It shows you who you really are.”

Tagged: Westworld

“I’ve been pretending my whole life. Pretending I don’t mind, pretending I belong. My life’s built on it. And it’s a good life. It’s a life I’ve always wanted. But then I came here and I get a glimpse for a second of a life in which I don’t have to pretend. A life in which I can be truly alive. How…”

Tagged: Westworld

“I don’t wanna be in a story. All I want is to not look forward or back. I just wanna be… in the moment I’m in.”

Tagged: Westworld

“At first, I thought you and the others were gods. Then I realized you’re just men. And I know men. You think I’m scared of death? I’ve done it a million times. I’m fucking great at it. How many times have you died? Because if you don’t help me… I’ll kill you.”

Tagged: Westworld

“I read a theory once that the human intellect was like peacock feathers. Just an extravagant display intended to attract a mate. All of art, literature, a bit of Mozart, William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the Empire State Building. Just an elaborate mating ritual. Maybe it doesn’t matter that we…”

Tagged: Westworld

From “The Adversary”

“The maze itself is the sum of a man's life.”

Tagged: Maze, Confusion, Metaphors for Life

“We humans are alone in this world for a reason, We murdered and butchered anything that challenged our primacy.”

Tagged: humanity, humans, Murder, Butchery, Darwinism

“Never start something you’re not willing to finish. And if you’re getting fucked either way, go with the lucrative version sweetheart.”

Tagged: Advice, Commitment, See It Through

Halley Wegryn Gross

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