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God can be good and terrible—not in succession—but at the same time.
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“Inside us there is a place that is our true self.”
― Xenocide
― Xenocide
“Relation of word to object . . . what is a word? Arbitrary sign. But we live in words. Our reality, among words not things. No such thing as thing anyhow; a gestalt in the mind.”
― Time Out of Joint
― Time Out of Joint
“she is overwhelmed by an amorphous anxiety without a specific source.”
― Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
― Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
“It meant that you were seeing into absolute reality. The essence beyond the mere appearance." In your terminology, he thought, what you saw is called - stigmata.”
― The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
― The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
“When you don't understand the consequences of your acts, how can you be blamed for them?" ...
"You don't take the blame," he answered. "But you still take responsibility. For healing the wounds you caused.”
― Xenocide
"You don't take the blame," he answered. "But you still take responsibility. For healing the wounds you caused.”
― Xenocide
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