“What he did not know then is that it is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
“diocese. True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Let us never fear robbers nor murderers. Those are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. What matters it what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Conspiracy theory’s got to be simple. Sense doesn’t come into it. People are more scared of how complicated shit actually is than they ever are about whatever’s supposed to be behind the conspiracy.”
― The Peripheral
― The Peripheral
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