“It seemed to him [Otto Kugelblitz] obvious that the human life span runs through the varieties of mental disorder as understood in his day—the solipsism of infancy, the sexual hysterias of adolescence and entry-level adulthood, the paranoia of middle age,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
![“It seemed to him [Otto Kugelblitz] obvious that the human life span runs through the varieties of mental disorder as understood in his day—the solipsism of infancy, the sexual hysterias of adolescence and entry-level adulthood, the paranoia of middle age, the dementia of late life ... all working…” quote by Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/663/thomas-pynchon-533_human-life_it-seemed-to-him-otto-kugelblitz-obvious_467447.jpg)