Paradisurile artificiale

“Wine is for the people. Hashish is for the solitary.”

He admits that wine makes people more social and kind. Hashish does the opposite. It turns you into a lonely, silent island.

“The drug is only a mirror of your own thoughts.”

The most haunting part is how the drug mirrors your own mood. If you are sad, it will drag you into a deeper hell.

“The spirit is no longer its own master.”

True creativity needs a clear head and hard work. These shortcuts only offer a fake version of inspiration that disappears by morning.

He compares the addict to a prisoner who thinks his cell walls are beautiful. The walls are still there. He just stopped trying to escape.