Quotes tagged ‘Bacchanal’

(2 total)

“A wild longing for strong emotions and sensations seethes in me, a rage against this toneless, flat, normal and sterile life. I have a mad impulse to smash something, a warehouse, perhaps, or a cathedral, or myself, to commit outrages, to pull off the wigs of a few revered idols.”

— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com

“Do you remember when we studied what Plato calls telestic madness? Bakcheia? Dionysiac frenzy?’ ‘Yes,’ I said, rather impatiently. It was just like Henry to bring up something like this right now. ‘Well, we decided to try to have one.’ For a moment I thought I hadn’t understood him. ‘What?’ I said.…”

— Donna Tartt, amazon.com