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“You think God will never forgive you, but the only God is beauty and beauty always forgives. It forgives with its infinite indifference.”
― The Last Werewolf
― The Last Werewolf
“Justice? Justice is even more problematic than truth. It's an emergent property of a very complicated system... It means that it's neither an ingredient in the pie nor the pie itself. It's the smell that rises up out of the pie if you've cooked it right. We don't aim for justice, Ms Moulson. We perform our roles and justice happens.”
― Fellside
― Fellside
“Being normal has some significant practical upsides.”
― The Night of the Gun
― The Night of the Gun
“The more certain details are, the less likely they are to be the greatest matters. It would take all the details on every continent and then some, he thought, as he took a sip of Swan Lager, to add up to complete understanding.
The greatest matters lie beyond death, beyond the stars, in the aorta of time. A corpse is a detail. A second of starlight, even from the mid-Pacific sky full of a stars, is a detail. No matter how many details he might acquire, he would never arrive at truth here on the Indian Ocean.
No matter. He would settle for a little more knowledge. Let understanding come when it choose.”
― Harry's Fragments: A Novel of International Puzzlement
The greatest matters lie beyond death, beyond the stars, in the aorta of time. A corpse is a detail. A second of starlight, even from the mid-Pacific sky full of a stars, is a detail. No matter how many details he might acquire, he would never arrive at truth here on the Indian Ocean.
No matter. He would settle for a little more knowledge. Let understanding come when it choose.”
― Harry's Fragments: A Novel of International Puzzlement
The Last Word Book Club
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— last activity Jan 30, 2016 07:45AM
This is the monthly book club for The Last Word, a used book and media store in Charlotte, NC. We read mostly science fiction/fantasy, contemporary l ...more
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