Entering the Dry Tunnel
Dialogues:
Stalker. Well, here is the Dry Tunnel.
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Reflections on Personal Boundaries and Vulnerability
The Writer:
I won’t go into your room. I won’t pour the filth of my soul on to anyone’s head.
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The Burden of Self-Awareness
The Writer:
Porcupine was given the essence of his true nature. Conscience and soul-searching were all invented by the mind. When he realized all that, he hanged himself.
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The Nature of Hidden Desires
The Writer:
What comes true here is that which reflects your true nature. The most secret desire. It is within you. It governs you. Yet you are ignorant of it.
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Judging Human Nature in the Zone
The Writer:
You're a bad judge of human nature if you bring people like me into the Zone.
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The Complexity of Seeking Truth
The Writer:
While I am digging for the truth, so much happens to it that instead of discovering the truth I dig up a heap of, pardon... I'd better not name it.
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Conflict Between Conscience and Desire
The Writer:
My conscience wants vegetarianism to win over the world. And my subconscious is yearning for a piece of juicy meat. But what do I want?
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The Burden of Self-Doubt in Writing
The Writer:
A man writes because he is tormented, because he doubts. He needs to constantly prove to himself and the others that he's worth something. And if I know for sure that I'm a genius? Why write then? What the hell for?
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Existential Reflection on Humanity's Disconnection
The Stalker:
My God, what kind of people are they? The look of their eyes is blank. They're thinking how not to sell themselves cheap. How to earn more, how to get paid for every breath they take. They know they were born to "be someone", to be special! They say, "You live but once." How can such people believe in anything at all?
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The Paradox of Hope and Despair
The Stalker:
He wants to destroy your hope. There is nothing left on Earth. This is the only place to come when all hope is lost! Why destroy hope!
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The Crucial Moment of Your Life
The Stalker:
This is the most important moment of your life. Your sincerest desire will come true here. The desire that has made you suffer most.
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The Stalker's Perspective on Happiness
The Stalker:
I’ve never met a single happy person in my life.
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Indirect Paths Minimize Risks
The Stalker:
Here the shortest path isn’t the simplest. The more indirect, the less risk there is.
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The Search for Meaning in Uncertainty
The Stalker: [[Tao Te Ching]
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Embracing Weakness as a Path to Growth
The Stalker:
Let everything that's been planned come true. Let them believe. And let them have a laugh at their passions. Because what they call passion actually is not some emotional energy, but just the friction between their souls and the outside world. And most important, let them believe in themselves. Let them be helpless like children, because weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it's tender and pliant. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win.
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