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Quotes from Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs — Colin Wilson

1931–2013 England

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The history of the Romanovs is an Elizabethan tragedy that lasts for three centuries. Its keynote is cruelty, a barbaric, pointless kind of cruelty that has always been common in the East, but that came to Europe only recently, in the time of Hitler.

Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs (1964)

The point I wish to make is that I became aware that we discipline our minds to see only certain aspects of the world; life is complicated, and we need all our wits about us to deal with its complexities. There would be no great point in having second sight or thaumaturgic powers for most of us. But it is worth observing that they can generally be developed where needed.

Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs (1964)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Colin Wilson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.