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A fairy tale in terms of blood—a world in anamorphosis—a perversion of all rationality.… It’s unthinkable, senseless, like black magic and sorcery and thaumaturgy. It’s downright demented.

— S. S. Van Dine The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

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Giving full rein to one‘s cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium.

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I trust the clergy are not involved in this problem. They‘re notoriously unscientific. One can‘t attack them with mathematics.

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“Good God!” he mummered. “I don‘t know what to believe.”
“In that respect,” returned Vance, “you‘re in the same disheartenin‘ predic‘ment as all the philosophers.”

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Only, as long as we‘re going insane we may as well go the whole way. A mere shred of sanity is of no value.

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“Oh, my dear fellow! I’m not indulgin’ in implications. I’m merely givin’ tongue to my youthful curiosity, don’t y’ know.”

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