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Writer · American
American writer
“Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his dark monarchy. They are his Court, and in his name they defraud and govern, enrich themselves and ...”
“Then his singing paused, and he stood for a moment to cry out softly in the vernacular of the region: 'Blest be Adonoi Elohim, King of All, who maketh bread to spring forth from the earth,' in a so...”
“The visitor shrugged. "Like euthanasia? I'm sorry, Father, I feel that the laws of a society are what make something a crime or not a crime. I'm aware that you don't agree. And there can be bad law...”
“Be for Man the memory of Earth and Origin. Remember this Earth. Never forget her, but never come back. If you come back, you might meet the Archangel at the east end of Earth, guarding her passes ...”
“That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.”
“The visage of Lucifer mushroomed into hideousness above the cloudbank, rising slowly like some titan climbing to its feet after ages of imprisonment in the Earth.”
“He did not like saying it. To communicate a fact seemed always to lend it fuller existence.”
“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.”
“I mean Jesus never asked a man to do a damn thing that Jesus didn’t do.”
