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I have noted, too, that when it comes to matters of security the laws are considerably relaxed.
Jack of Shadows (1971)
So do not speak to me of souls when you have never seen one, man.
Jack of Shadows (1971)
There’s no need for your pretty lies now. It makes no difference to an old woman the things a young girl believed.
Jack of Shadows (1971)
Toward the bright stars, from the dark ground, he hurled another petition, for whatever it was worth.
Jack of Shadows (1971)
He doubted that his petition would be heard, however, since he did not feel that the gods would devote much attention to anything emitted from this particular portion of the world.
Jack of Shadows (1971)
Is not love itself a form of a spell, where one is loved and the other loves, and the one who loves is compelled to do the other’s bidding? Of course. It is the same thing.
Jack of Shadows (1971)
“Then it is impossible to get an honest answer from you.”
“If by ‘honest answer’ you mean for me to say what you want me to say, whether or not it is true, then I would say that you are correct.”
Jack of Shadows (1971)
“You were both correct,” said Morningstar. “It is the same thing that you both describe, although neither of you sees it as it really is. Each of you colors reality in keeping with your means of controlling it. For if it is uncontrollable, you fear it. Sometimes then, you color it incomprehensible. In your case, a machine; in theirs, a demon.”
Jack of Shadows (1971)