shock and then relaxed. “Ah. A Portal to somewhere close. Upstairs was just a diversion. Iskra’s plan?” “My own.” Tiron spread his hands
“Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.”
― The Stand
― The Stand
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― The Red Knight
― The Red Knight
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