" To repeat: we can tolerate existence only if we believe—in accord with a complex of
illusions, a legerdemain of impenetrable deception—that we are not what we are. We are creatures with consciousness, but we must suppress that consciousness lest it break us with a sense of being in a universe without direction or foundation. In plain language, we cannot live with ourselves except as impostors. "

― Thomas Ligotti , The Conspiracy Against the Human Race