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For Jean-Paul Sartre, we’re in “bad faith” if we deceive ourselves that we have to be a certain way (due to biology, or to social roles that are assigned to us, for example). Rather, we’re in a constant process of self-creation, and are
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“Sisyphus is dangerous, mother.” Persephone said as the Oneiroi lifted into the air and circled about them again. She reached out toward the circle of flames and pulled their destination closer. The walled citadel of Ephyra appeared before them in the widening pathway through the ether. The Queen of the Underworld took a step toward it and looked at her mother one last time. “But so am I.”
― Destroyer of Light
― Destroyer of Light
“Because my dear, it’s when you suffer that you know it’s real.”
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“One, who is twice woven, cannot remain your own.”
“Two, the ether bound, who shines the torch in darkness.”
“Three, the blessed harbinger, who reaps the reaper’s heart.”
“All at last aeon’s end,” they said together, “And all to end the aeon.”
― Destroyer of Light
“Two, the ether bound, who shines the torch in darkness.”
“Three, the blessed harbinger, who reaps the reaper’s heart.”
“All at last aeon’s end,” they said together, “And all to end the aeon.”
― Destroyer of Light
“Like the address, the note was printed in Comic Sans, which seemed like a slight in itself.”
― Those Who Disappeared
― Those Who Disappeared
“Persephone Praxidike Chthonios. She Who Destroys the Light. Carrier of Curses. The Iron Queen of the Underworld.”
― Receiver of Many
― Receiver of Many
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