--- title: "4 Addict Quotes By Sov8840" description: "4 Addict quotes by Sov8840. Plus more from Sov8840 and more Addict sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/sov8840-28877_addict_pleasure-demands-constant-and-repeated-s_978510.jpg" --- > [“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt by the common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/pleasure-demands-constant-and-repeated-stimulation-to-be-felt-by-the/) Sov8840 [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/sov8840-28877_addict_pleasure-demands-constant-and-repeated-s_978510.jpg) > [“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt for a common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/pleasure-demands-constant-and-repeated-stimulation-to-be-felt-for-a/) Sov8840 [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/sov8840-28877_addict_pleasure-demands-constant-and-repeated-s_1511890.jpg) > [“Whether lying in bed, sitting, eating, on the toilet, pushing a stroller, walking the dog, shopping, walking, “listening” to others, talking, driving,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/whether-lying-in-bed-sitting-eating-on-the-toilet-pushing-a-stroller/) Sov8840 [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/sov8840-28877_addict_whether-lying-in-bed-sitting-eating-on-t_1811856.jpg) > [“If there is no phone, there is noise; but if there is a phone, there is silence—just as a crying, unruly baby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/if-there-is-no-phone-there-is-noise-but-if-there-is-a-phone-there-is/) Sov8840 [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/sov8840-28877_addict_if-there-is-no-phone-there-is-noise-but_3077429.jpg) ## Other authors on Addict ## More by Sov8840 > [“The default digital world tone is one of hyperactive friendliness, artificial empathy, emoji-based validation, dopamine-rich feedback loops, toxic positivity, and veiled cruelty. They assume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/the-default-digital-world-tone-is-one-of-hyperactive-friendliness/) Sov8840 > [“...All of these writings could be reduced to mere “thought-provoking content,” for the system devours everything in its path like a never-satisfied monster—even its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/all-of-these-writings-could-be-reduced-to-mere-thought-provoking/) Sov8840 > [“Any judgment born of collective agreement is, by nature, arbitrary, no matter how widely it is accepted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/any-judgment-born-of-collective-agreement-is-by-nature-arbitrary-no/) Sov8840 > [“Peace lies in the absence of the desire and need for peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/peace-lies-in-the-absence-of-the-desire-and-need-for-peace/) Sov8840 > [“In a game, there is a main character raised within American culture: he speaks in slang, lives for sex and pleasure, feels "successful" if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/in-a-game-there-is-a-main-character-raised-within-american-culture-he/) Sov8840 > [“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt by the common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one and move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/pleasure-demands-constant-and-repeated-stimulation-to-be-felt-by-the/) Sov8840 > [“The media and the internet exist not to transmit knowledge as it is, but to amplify, exaggerate, and embellish the exact reality. Whatever is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/the-media-and-the-internet-exist-not-to-transmit-knowledge-as-it-is/) Sov8840 > [“For many people, the expression “disconnecting from the world” essentially means disconnecting from society—for this is the only world they know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/for-many-people-the-expression-disconnecting-from-the-world/) Sov8840 > [“...and they absorb the world shaped by these, "constructing" their thoughts, feelings, words, actions, identity, and beliefs accordingly. Which means they will think in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/and-they-absorb-the-world-shaped-by-these-constructing-their-thoughts/) Sov8840 > [“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt for a common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one and move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/pleasure-demands-constant-and-repeated-stimulation-to-be-felt-for-a/) Sov8840 > [“Embracing pain strengthens the will; embracing crying heals the soul; embracing melancholy deepens insight and perception; embracing boredom fosters creativity and imagination; embracing misery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/embracing-pain-strengthens-the-will-embracing-crying-heals-the-soul/) Sov8840 > [“Whether lying in bed, sitting, eating, on the toilet, pushing a stroller, walking the dog, shopping, walking, “listening” to others, talking, driving, crossing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/whether-lying-in-bed-sitting-eating-on-the-toilet-pushing-a-stroller/) Sov8840 > [“This is clearly cultural imperialism, which explains why Western culture is, in fact, the sole (main) global culture. Yet, this is consistently disguised and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/this-is-clearly-cultural-imperialism-which-explains-why-western/) Sov8840 > [“A simple proof that they are a kind of robot: if the era and civilization they live in worshipped "ugliness," they too would come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/a-simple-proof-that-they-are-a-kind-of-robot-if-the-era-and/) Sov8840 > [“Imagining someone who will not collapse my complexity into compressed and simplified roles like friend, lover, genius, or ghost... such a being exists only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sov8840/imagining-someone-who-will-not-collapse-my-complexity-into-compressed/) Sov8840 ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addict/sov8840/#itemlist", "name": "4 Addict Quotes By Sov8840", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt by the common mind. 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