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“But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.”
― African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man
― African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man
“All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance.”
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“Is it not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?”
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“A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.”
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“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”
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