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It was that—that extinguishing of their very last hope—that I savored more than anything, more even than the extinguishing of their lives… It was then they realized that the Devil is just God in his night attire.
“Thanks for the curriculum vitae, Doctor—but we do have a bit of an urgent situation on our hands here.” The sarcasm dropped from his tone.
“But beneath each of us,” continued Viktor, “are the great dark fathoms of our personal oceans. Sometimes frightening monsters live in those depths—great fears and terrible desires that can seem to take real form.
He had heard it said so often that if you wanted to know what your mother tongue was, it was the one in which you dreamed.
Many cells in Pankrác and Ruzyně prisons were filled with dark-complexioned shadows in the stead of a paler truth left free.
They blame the evil in others, or in themselves, for anything bad that happens to them. The truth is nobody really believes in him anymore, which is his most powerful weapon.
“The greatest danger in seeking out the Devil, my dear Doctor, is that you might find him.”
You set out in search of something that lives inside the mad, inside the sane; inside others and, of course, inside yourself. But you didn’t take the time to consider what you might discover.”
Why are pantheons in different cultures populated with the same gods under different names?
Judita grabbed his wrist with both hands. He was too strong for her, but she would do all she could to make his killing of her hard work. He might kill her, but she would not be a victim.
