I wish I were a Warhol silk screen
hanging on the wall.
or little Joe or maybe Lou -
I'd love to be them all.
all New York city's broken hearts
and secrets would be mine.
I'd put you on a movie reel
and that would be just fine.

           -Ian Curtis, 1973.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. -William Wordsworth, 1802.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

     -David Foster Wallace