“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book… or you take a trip… and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death. Some never awaken.”
- Anais Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume 1
(I think among the playlists that I've shared here, this one is my favorite! I should thank Garden State, 50/50, New Girl, The Vampire Diaries, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and The Newsroom for introducing me to these songs. :p )
