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Quotes from Blameless in Abaddon — James K. Morrow

born 1947 United States

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Love does strange things to a man’s sense of proportion, which is why—contrary to rumor—it is by no means the Devil’s least favorite emotion.

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To close the gap between jurisprudence and justice would require a canon of a hundred million laws.

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As usual, He underestimated the human potential for self-deception.

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“I’ve always wondered: are snake handlers in it for the religious ecstasy or merely for the ritualized masturbation?” asked Funkeldune.

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“God was guilty. The best defense is the Manichaean heresy, which isn’t a defense at all, it’s—”
“Never mind about that.”
“—an indictment.”

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If nothing else, their adventure had proved that God was not about to put science out of business.

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But just because our Creator subcontracts evil out to me, we mustn’t neglect to notice the blood on His hands.

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Although covetousness is not my only flaw, it seems to cause me more pain than all my other sins combined.

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“How’re you feeling?”
“I highly recommend cancer. It’s worth it just for the drugs.”

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“God is out of the loop,” said Martin...“He’s left the scene”—he grimaced, realizing what he was about to say—“of His crimes.”

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Never underestimate the value of a falsehood, friends. Never doubt the power of a lie. Blessed are the mendacious, for they shall grow wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.

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For many citizens of the Western world, this situation proved, as you might imagine, troubling—especially in the United States, where reality has never enjoyed a great deal of prestige.

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You should be talking to a doctor of theology, not a Father of Lies. The distinction is subtle but real.

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“And what are you?”
“Me? I knew God was dead even before the corpse showed up.”

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In my protracted sojourn on this planet, Mr. Candle, I have come to value three commodities above all others: good books, decent claret, and worthy opponents.

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“Origen cut off his own balls,” Martin informed Randall.
“Prostate cancer?”
“Faith.”

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Bitterness is not a philosophy, friend. Outrage is not an ethic. Stop counting corpses and reach a truce with the universe, or you’ll be stuck on the dung heap forever.

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Much as I hate to admit it, humanity will get along perfectly well without me. Any species that could invent the twentieth century entirely on its own doesn’t need a Prince of Darkness.

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Don’t get testy with me, sir. I am Augustine of Hippo Regius, discoverer of concupiscence. Between my legs hangs the axis on which will turn the brave new world of Christian antieroticism.

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“I cannot respect any theory of evil that so neatly immunizes itself against empirical disconfirmation,” said Gordon. “All theodicies requiring belief in an afterlife are manifestly begging the question.”

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James K. Morrow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.