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“Man acquired a soul and he must fight with all the powers at his disposal to protect that soul against the monster in his dark past.”
― Etienne Leroux, One for the devil;

“Society is helpless without its champion," said Dr. Johns. "The more it itself employs its own will toward order, the more it is removed from the soil in which it roots; its freedom of will becomes a source of transgression against its deep-rooted instincts. In its dilemma it needs a crucifixion, someone to die in the name of chaos, a sacrifice of atonement to protect it against the primitive powers that threaten to falsify its order.”
― Etienne Leroux, One for the devil;

“Julius Johnson, the big manufacturer. He is being hounded by a mad woman who is trying to blow up his factories. She wants to destroy order to make people aware of chaos, and in that way to hasten the rebirth [...] The poor soul has the wrong end of the stick. Order is necessary for rebirth. Order will always be part of us; it's inseparable from the new nature of things.”
― Etienne Leroux, Sewe dae by die Silbersteins

“Miskien al hierdie dinge, want jou diepste gevoelens en verlangens is onbegryplik (net soos jou bewuswording van die bose wat die hele wêreld betrek sonder dat jy jou vinger op iets kan lê). – Al hierdie dinge, miskien, terwyl sy hom, selfs teen sy sin, dwing tot ekstase.”
― Etienne Leroux, Sewe dae by die Silbersteins