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Everything may exist for a short while—even justice. But the true state of the universe is anarchy. It is the mortal’s tragedy that he can never accept this.

— Michael Moorcock The Knight of the Swords (1971)

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The albino reflected on the power of the human mind to build a fantasy and then defend it with complete determination as a reality.

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Somewhere you can hear them whimpering, as if the evidence of their own mortality were emphasised by the knowledge of other people’s happiness.

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Everything means nothing—that is the only truth.

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Everything dies eventually—but that shouldn’t stop us enjoying life while it is there to be enjoyed.

The Wrecks of Time aka The Rituals of Infinity (1967)

Redefine the terms by which Man views the world, and thus eventually you redefine the world itself.

The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)

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