:35:00
Not even under
these grotesque conditions?
:35:03
No.
:35:05
Well, still, it's possible to think of it
as a rather foolish thing.
:35:09
She's so proud, you know?
Such a delicate creature.
:35:12
And yet she allowed me to touch
her hair for a moment. You saw that.
:35:17
You see, I really have
nothing else to live for.
:35:21
Fourteen.
:35:35
So many of these people
have such extraordinary minds.
:35:39
Such extraordinary sensibilities.
:35:42
Too extraordinary, I think, sometimes.
:35:45
This is not a scientific theory.
:35:48
Maybe it's romantic, but I often
compare them to fine crystal...
:35:52
...which has been shattered by the
shock of some intolerable revelation.
:35:58
I have the feeling when I talk
with them, they have seen too much...
:36:02
...with too fine an instrument.
:36:05
That they have been close
to some extreme...
:36:09
...to something absolute
and been blasted by it.
:36:14
That they have been destroyed, one
might say, by their own excellence.
:36:19
Regarded in this way,
they are the heroes of the universe.
:36:24
Its finest product
and its noblest casualty.
:36:29
Schizophrenia, however, is far
from an exclusive affliction...
:36:32
...of the superior mind.
:36:34
As a matter of fact, by using a
substance from the blood of humans...
:36:38
...schizophrenia has been
induced in dogs...
:36:41
...spiders, as well as men.
:36:52
As you will note, the web
of most normal spider species...
:36:56
...is as distinctive and invariable
as their coloring.