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“You can't really spare anyone anything,' she said. 'Things always have to be faced sooner or later. And therefore it had better be sooner. ”
― They Do It With Mirrors
― They Do It With Mirrors
“I lied," the dragon said with a fearful complacency. "Everyone you have ever met has lied to you. Life exists, and all who live are born to suffer. The best moments are fleeting and bought with the coin of exquisite torment. All attachments end. All loved ones die. All that you value passes away. In such a vexatious existence laughter is madness and joy is folly. Shall we accept that it all happens for no reason, with no cause? That there is nobody to blame but ourselves but that accepting the responsibility is pointless for doing so cannot ease, defer, or deaden the pain? Not likely! It is so much more comforting to erect a straw figure on which to blame it all.
"Some bow down before the Goddess and others curse her every name. There is not a fart's difference between the two approaches. They cling to the fiction of the Goddess because admitting the alternative is unbearable."
"Then what—why—what do you want me for?" To her dismay, tears coursed down Jane's face. Oh how Melanchthon must be enjoying this, she thought. What satisfaction it must give him. "You've toyed with me, made promises, gone through Hell-knows-what machinations to bring me here. Why? What's the point of it?"
"I want your help to destroy the universe.”
― The Iron Dragon's Daughter
"Some bow down before the Goddess and others curse her every name. There is not a fart's difference between the two approaches. They cling to the fiction of the Goddess because admitting the alternative is unbearable."
"Then what—why—what do you want me for?" To her dismay, tears coursed down Jane's face. Oh how Melanchthon must be enjoying this, she thought. What satisfaction it must give him. "You've toyed with me, made promises, gone through Hell-knows-what machinations to bring me here. Why? What's the point of it?"
"I want your help to destroy the universe.”
― The Iron Dragon's Daughter
“they were two reasons I was scared to let people in; the damage they could do, and the damage they could find”
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“What was that squirrel?â€� Billy said.
“Freelancer,� Dane said.
“What? Freelance what?�
“Familiar.� Familiar. “Don’t look like that. Familiar. Don’t act like you’ve never heard of one.�
Billy thought of black cats. “Where is it now?�
“I don’t know, I don’t want to know. It did what I paid it for.� Dane did not look at him. “Job done. So it’s gone.�
“What did you pay it?�
“I paid it nuts, Billy. What would you think I’d pay a squirrel?”
―
“Freelancer,� Dane said.
“What? Freelance what?�
“Familiar.� Familiar. “Don’t look like that. Familiar. Don’t act like you’ve never heard of one.�
Billy thought of black cats. “Where is it now?�
“I don’t know, I don’t want to know. It did what I paid it for.� Dane did not look at him. “Job done. So it’s gone.�
“What did you pay it?�
“I paid it nuts, Billy. What would you think I’d pay a squirrel?”
―
“In the yard, I was startled by one of the free-ranging hogs that came around the side of the house and grunted at me, perhaps hoping I had an apple or something. It was the big black-and-white one. I started to reach out and pet it, but since it was gonna be eaten in the fall, I hesitated. It never set well with me to get friendly with something I planned to have on a plate with a side of new potatoes and collard greens. I felt it was proper to have a solid understanding between person and hog that no friendship was involved, though if the hog had known the true nature of its arrangement, I’m sure it would have found reason to depart for parts unknown, maybe taking the other hog and chickens with him. Besides, petting a wet hog, be it friend or supper, is stinky business.”
― Edge of Dark Water
― Edge of Dark Water
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