obligation

“The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

“There is nothing more entertaining then leaving someone speechless. Yet, there is nothing sadder than realizing that person was incapable of retaining half of what you said, and will repeat the story all wrong to someone else.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Creating—that is the great salvation from suffering, and life's alleviation. But for the creator to appear, suffering itself is needed, and much transformation. Yea, much bitter dying must there be in your life, ye creators! Thus are ye advocates and justifiers of all perishableness. For the creator himself to be the new-born child, he must also be willing to be the child-bearer, and endure the pangs of the child-bearer.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“Fuck you! I hope you die!"
"Everybody Dies," I said. "So fuck you.”
― Lawrence Block, Everybody Dies