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“Do you not see that this is a divine mission?
No, I do not, you witless cabbage.”
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
No, I do not, you witless cabbage.”
― The Priory of the Orange Tree
“Every end is a new beginning.”
― Vengeful
― Vengeful
“Perhaps she was glass. But glass is only brittle until it breaks. Then it’s sharp.”
― Vengeful
― Vengeful
“Language change is always reflective of social change, and over the decades, as our sources, of connections and existential purpose has shifted due to the phenomena like social media, increased globalization, and withdrawal from traditional religion we've seen the rise of more alternative subgroups-some dangerous, some not so much. "Cult" has evolved to describe them all.”
― Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
― Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
“In the years to come, Robin would return so many times to this night. He was forever astonished by its mysterious alchemy, by how easily two badly socialized, restrictively raised strangers had transformed into kindred spirits in a span of minutes.”
― Babel
― Babel
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