"I think human consciousness, is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself, we are creatures that should not exist by natural law. We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self; an accretion of sensory experience and feeling programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody is nobody. Maybe the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction, one last midnight - brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal."
-Rust Cohle, True Detective
Binge watching True Detective. Matthew McConaughey has a lock on all the metaphysical, existential quotes.
I must admit I was ready to dismiss this series - I mean McCanaughey and Harrelson? But the writing and the pacing is some of the best I have seen in a long while.
The sub-text is some of the smartest ever - especially considering the two lead characters are played by people I haven't thought of as particularly smart.
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