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> [“You are not a god, though you are hostile as a god, inhospitable and anonymous as a metropolis, your grey and single- minded industry transforming the shore into yourself. Narcissism is not self-love, but a mechanism of survival, your cogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/you-are-not-a-god-though-you-are-hostile-as-a-god-inhospitable-and/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

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## More by Warren Heiti

> [“The sky bruised my eyes with rain's weight and my body was a held breath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/the-sky-bruised-my-eyes-with-rain-s-weight-and-my-body-was-a-held/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“The handless clock trying to hold the hour of death, salt in the last mouthful of water. The windows opaque with silence, silence stagnating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/the-handless-clock-trying-to-hold-the-hour-of-death-salt-in-the-last/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“Mute, I stumble through the dry, verdigris aqueducts of your eye, thinking this prayer, formic acid, ant spit and sandpaper: blink and I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/mute-i-stumble-through-the-dry-verdigris-aqueducts-of-your-eye/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“Your voice, an evening in late June, ice losing its edges in a jar of tea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/your-voice-an-evening-in-late-june-ice-losing-its-edges-in-a-jar-of/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“Your self is a cosmetic fiction, a centrifuge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/your-self-is-a-cosmetic-fiction-a-centrifuge/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“The iris of your fist constricts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/the-iris-of-your-fist-constricts/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“The taste of chalk. The sun lays its copper thumbs on my eyelids. The radio plays the monologue of a dog. What is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/the-taste-of-chalk-the-sun-lays-its-copper-thumbs-on-my-eyelids-the/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“I stand there at the corner, known by the equinox and knowing nothing, exposed by the alethic light of those apples, that fearless crocus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/i-stand-there-at-the-corner-known-by-the-equinox-and-knowing-nothing/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“The mind is moored to others; the wasps orbit on little tethers of light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/the-mind-is-moored-to-others-the-wasps-orbit-on-little-tethers-of/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

> [“You are not a god, though you are hostile as a god, inhospitable and anonymous as a metropolis, your grey and single- minded industry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-heiti/you-are-not-a-god-though-you-are-hostile-as-a-god-inhospitable-and/)

[Warren Heiti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-heiti/)

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