“If we address stories as archaeological sites, and dust through their layers with meticulous care, we find at some level there is always a doorway. A dividing point between here and there, us and them, mundane and magical. It is at the
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“Special Forces soldier, Anthony Herbert, the single most decorated combat veteran of Vietnam, published a bestselling book, Soldier, that detailed typical orders from his Phoenix superiors: “They wanted me to take charge of execution teams that wiped out entire families and tried to make it appear as though the Viet Cong had done it themselves. The rationale was that the Viet Cong would see that other Viet Cong had killed their own and… make allegiance with us. The good guys.”
― Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
― Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
“You see, a conflict always begins with an issue—a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn’t matter anymore, because now it’s about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.”
― Unwind
― Unwind
“People don’t alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it.”
― Mort
― Mort
“Many do. Many blame all humans for the curse. But I’m capable of hating a circumstance while still pitying the people trapped within it. I know the curse was not your fault and you must see that too.”
― A Duel with the Vampire Lord
― A Duel with the Vampire Lord
“It’s terrifying when you consider that every thought we have, every choice we could possibly make, branches into a new world.”
― Dark Matter
― Dark Matter
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