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The fate of all explanation is to close one door only to have another fly wide open.

— Charles Fort The Book of The Damned (1919)

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I conceive of nothing, in religion, science, or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while.

Wild Talents (1932)

Existence is Appetite: the gnaw of being; the one attempt of all things to assimilate to some higher attempt.

The Book of The Damned (1919)

The outrageous is the reasonable, if introduced politely.

The Book of The Damned (1919)

If human thought is a growth, like all other growths, its logic is without foundation of its own, and is only the adjusting constructiveness of all other growing things.

Lo! (1931)

"Every science is a mutilated octopus. If its tentacles were not clipped to stumps, it would feel its way into disturbing contacts.”

Wild Talents (1932)

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

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Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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