"The thoughts of all men arise from the darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that movement precedes you, then how could you...

Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.
~ R. Scott Bakker ~












Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.

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