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Mania
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As folks who knew what they were doing were replaced wholesale by folks who didn’t, social justice seemed to intermingle with an unfocused revenge—though what exactly the competent had ever done to the clueless was hard to pinpoint.
“It was in this instant of confusion that I realized for the first time that I am in some degree insane.”
― The Shadow of the Torturer
― The Shadow of the Torturer
“A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.”
― A Clash of Kings
― A Clash of Kings
“If we could have our way, no man would have to go roving or draw blood. But women did not make the world. All of you are torturers, one way or another.”
― The Shadow of the Torturer
― The Shadow of the Torturer
“I have a gift for you,” Master Palaemon said. “Considering your youth and strength, I don’t believe you will find it too heavy.” “I am deserving of no gifts.” “That is so. But you must recall, Severian, that when a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment. The only true gifts are such as you now receive. I cannot forgive you for what you have done, but I cannot forget what you were. Since Master Gurloes rose to journeyman, I have had no better scholar.”
― The Complete Book of the New Sun
― The Complete Book of the New Sun
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