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On this day, the tide laps the city’s shores, and the deeps beyond are less like mere water than like some shrewd and knowing entity, an amorphous mass that might at any time rise in apocalyptic fury to cleanse the metropolis.
The imagery sets a dark scene that has profound judgement waiting to be meted out upon it.
He reaches for the memory, strains toward it. But his amnesia isn’t merely a fog overlaying the past; it is an unbreachable wall.
“Justice is a human concept, as flawed as any. There is no reliable justice in this world and, given human nature, never can be. Politics, bigotry, envy, ignorance . . . Those forces and others redefine justice day by day, until it means something different to everyone—until it means nothing at all.”
A sea of lies can’t wash away a single grain of truth. Truth is what it is.”
Great quote
People drunk with power don’t believe in justice except as a word in one slogan or another. They despise the truth,
Another great line
believes in himself,
Again, the psychopath’s mantra.
In this brave new world, there is no place for a lone paladin venturing forth on tasks of knightly honor. Both Galahad and Shane would be toast. In times as complex as these, any caped crusader must work sans cape, but with backup that amounts to scores of specialists.
A cool metaphoric example for people of a certain age.
The possibility that his amnesia is breaking down alarms him. He might need to insist upon its renewal. He suspects there is no comfort equal to the comfort of not knowing.
This leads one to believe Nameless knows, even if infinitesimally, that his past is not a joyful one.
some fates are sewn into the fabric of time with tighter stitches than others.
Great turn of a phrase.
Humble goals and modest expectations are more likely to be fulfilled than are utopian dreams.
Interesting phraseology.
Truth. There is no one truth. Everyone has his own truth. It’s all about point of view.
The great folly of life: there is more than one truth.
