Patrick Sheane Duncan > Quotes

“The Prince’s sudden relapse was a surprise. He usually appeared to be so much in control that it was difficult for her to imagine him losing his composure. Evidently he was quite shaken by this recent reverse. “You lost control again?” she asked. “One cannot lose what one never has,” he told her. His defeat seemed total. She could not think of what to say, so she reached out and took him into her arms. He folded into her like a bereft child. She whispered into his ear. “You wonder if you have lost your humanity,” she said. “But your feelings now are evidence to the contrary. What you now feel, regret, guilt, sadness, defeat—all are human. At the core of us all. You are not so removed from us as you think.”
― Patrick Sheane Duncan, Dracula vs. Hitler

“Ignorance, willful ignorance, and mental laziness are hallmarks of the masses.”
― Patrick Sheane Duncan, Dracula vs. Hitler