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“I tell you, guilt dwells nowhere but in the eyes of the accuser. This men know even as they deny it, which is why they so often make murder their absolution. The truth of crime lies not with the victim but with the witness.”

“If the world is a game whose rules are written by the God, and sorcerers are those who cheat and cheat, then who has written the rules of sorcery?”

“Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human.”

“The world is only as deep as we can see. This is why fools think themselves profound. This is why terror is the passion of revelation.”

“The world is a big place and our brain is only three pounds.”

“The bondage we are born into is the bondage we cannot see. Verily, freedom is little more than the ignorance of tyranny. Live long enough, and you will see: Men resent not the whip so much as the hand that wields it.”

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