Truth can shrink and fancy can grow much in five centuries.” “You really think it takes that long?” Woermann said, taking in a final survey of the pass before he turned away. It can happen in a matter of a few years.
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“Seventy years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were obliterated by atomic bombs, the world is still here even though many nations have atomic weapons, even though primitive human emotions still hold sway over rational thought and superstition masquerading as religion still guides the course of human politics.”
― The Institute
― The Institute
“When intelligence outraces emotional stability, it’s always just a matter of time.” He pointed to the corner of the cabin. “You’re children, playing with weapons.”
― You Like It Darker
― You Like It Darker
“You know, Jamieson, this life we think we’re living isn’t real. It’s just a shadow play, and I for one will be glad when the lights go out on it. In the dark, all the shadows disappear.”
― The Institute
― The Institute
“It insists that life is meaningful and that we must learn to see life as meaningful despite our circumstances. It emphasizes that there is an ultimate purpose to life.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“Thought only gives the world an appearance of order to anyone weak enough to be convinced by its show. Colin Wilson “The Country of the Blind”
― The Outsider
― The Outsider
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