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<spoiler>“Yeah, sure. But I just happened to think of something. I got one job you might take a crack at. It ain’t much, and I ain’t begging you to take it; but it’s a job. Keep you in coffee and cakes and a shot now and then. What do you say? Of course, it’s only temporary—just until we get a real geek.”</spoiler>
[The chilling final paragraph of Nightmare Alley.
— Jan 17, 2026 04:00PM
[The chilling final paragraph of Nightmare Alley.
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“This is the Tarot of the Romany cartomancers. A set of symbols handed down from remote antiquity, preserving in their enigmatic form the ancient wisdom through the ages.”
— Jan 14, 2026 02:58PM
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The earth doesn’t age as fast as the things man makes.
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There’s a blind spot in your eye and if you shut one eye and then let the gaze of the other travel in a straight line to one side of the preacher’s head there will be a point where his head seems to disappear and he seems to be standing there preaching without any head.
— Jan 14, 2026 03:09AM
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Gresham used the tarot to structure his book. The tarot deck consists of twenty-two figured trump cards, of which twenty-one are numbered, and fifty-six cards divided into four suits of wands, cups, swords, and pentacles.
- from the Introduction by Nick Tosches.
— Jan 11, 2026 06:07AM
- from the Introduction by Nick Tosches.
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Jan 17, 2026 08:48PM
The spoiler brackets didn't function. We can read the quote.
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Berengaria wrote: "The spoiler brackets didn't function. We can read the quote."Oh-oh! Anyway, people who haven't read it (i.e. almost all of my friends and follows 😅) won't understand why it is so chilling anyway🥶.
