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“the universe is structured in such a way that no matter how many mysteries you solve, there is always a deeper mystery behind it.”
― The Library at Mount Char
― The Library at Mount Char
“Stories were the way People lived. Like paths, they could be traveled in any direction, yet always ran from beginning to end.”
― Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
― Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
“Are you familiar with the notion of regression completeness?” She had heard the term somewhere, but couldn’t quite call up the meaning. “No.” “It’s the idea that however deeply you understand the universe, however many mysteries you solve, there will always be another, deeper mystery behind it.” “Ah.”
― The Library at Mount Char
― The Library at Mount Char
“It is my belief that the World (or, if you will, the House, since the two are for all practical purposes identical) wishes an Inhabitant for Itself to be a witness to its Beauty and the recipient of its Mercies.
If I leave, then the House will have no Inhabitant and how will I bear the thought of it Empty?”
― Piranesi
If I leave, then the House will have no Inhabitant and how will I bear the thought of it Empty?”
― Piranesi
“One such was the notion of uzan-iya,
which was what they called the moment when an innocent heart first contemplated the act of murder. To the Atul, the crime itself was secondary to this initial corruption.”
― The Library at Mount Char
which was what they called the moment when an innocent heart first contemplated the act of murder. To the Atul, the crime itself was secondary to this initial corruption.”
― The Library at Mount Char
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