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He walked
towards the sheets of flame. They did not bite his flesh
they caressed him and flooded him without heat or
combustion. With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he
understood that he also was an illusion, that someone
else was dreaming him.

viva la blasfemia

Alegoria al gobierno y a la institucion de la iglesia yummy

Me encanta como el autor convierte algo inocente en un infierno en cada uno de los cuentos, convirtiendo una revolucion social por derechos y menos diferencias de clase en un infierno ludopata donde la gente defiende su derecho a ser encarcelado o torturado por su derecho a echar su suerte

The Babylonians gave themselves up
to the game. The man who did not buy lots was
considered a spiritless coward.

LETS GO GAMBLING!! OH DAMMIT, OH DAMMIT, OH DAMMIT

You who read me, are you sure you understand my
language?)

I believe that in our unthinkable destiny, in which
infamies rule like a carnal pain, every bizarre thing is
possible, even the perpetuity of a Hell, but also that it is
irreligious to believe in it.

devoro

I believe that in our unthinkable destiny, in which
infamies rule like a carnal pain, every bizarre thing is
possible, even the perpetuity of a Hell, but also that it is
irreligious to believe in it.

to argue that a sin
is infinite because it assails God who is an infinite Being,
is like arguing that it is holy because God is, or like
thinking that all injuries against a tiger have to be striped.