Even atheists like ritual.
“Knowledge makes men gentle; reason leads to humanity; but prejudices can only eradicate both these dispositions.”
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“Well, it’s just family hating. It’s not like real hating.”
― The Broom of the System
― The Broom of the System
“Coincidence and intention are two sides of a tapestry, my lord. You may find one more agreeable to look at, but you cannot say one is true and the other is false.”
― The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
― The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
“In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows. In my mind are all the halls, the endless procession of them, the intricate pathways. When this world becomes too much for me, when I grow tired of the noise and the dirt and the people, I close my eyes and I name a particular vestibule to myself; then I name a hall.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
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