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“I was a man who searches, and I am still one, but I no longer seek in the stars and in books; I am beginning to hear the teachings of my own blood.”
― Demian
― Demian
“He wept on account of his helplessness, his terrible loneliness, the cruelty of man, the cruelty of God, and the absence of God.
‘Why have you done all this? Why have you don this to me? Why have you brought me here? Why, why do you torment me so terribly?’
He did not expect an answer, and yet wept because there was no answer and could be none.”
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‘Why have you done all this? Why have you don this to me? Why have you brought me here? Why, why do you torment me so terribly?’
He did not expect an answer, and yet wept because there was no answer and could be none.”
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“What is truth? he asked
We place faith in ourselves, replied Altaïr
What is the world then?
An illusion, One we can either submit to, like most people do, or transcend from
So what does it mean to transcend? he replied
To recognize that laws arise not from divinity or power, but from reason. I understand now that our creed doesn’t force us to be free, It forces us to be wiser to those who are challenged by the idea of it”
― Assassins Creed The Secret Crusade by Bowden, Oliver [Ace,2011]
We place faith in ourselves, replied Altaïr
What is the world then?
An illusion, One we can either submit to, like most people do, or transcend from
So what does it mean to transcend? he replied
To recognize that laws arise not from divinity or power, but from reason. I understand now that our creed doesn’t force us to be free, It forces us to be wiser to those who are challenged by the idea of it”
― Assassins Creed The Secret Crusade by Bowden, Oliver [Ace,2011]
haval’s 2025 Year in Books
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