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“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.”
― Minority Report
― Minority Report
“Life is hell, and the sweet still night of absolute death is the annihilation of hell.”
― The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
― The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
“Why was nature so beautiful for no reason at all?”
― Life for Sale
― Life for Sale
“To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness.”
― Life for Sale
― Life for Sale
“It's a pity both sides can't lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)”
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