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Glen Duncan Quotes

Embrace determinism and you're chained all the way back to the beginning. Of the universe. Of everything Picture Quote #1

Only meaning can make a difference and we all know there's no meaning. All stories express a desire for meaning, not meaning itself. Therefore any difference knowing the story makes is a delusion Picture Quote #1

This would be my torture: all that didn't bear thinking about would devote itself to forcing me to bear thinking about it Picture Quote #1

There's no such thing as evil for its own sake. All evil is motivated - even mine {Lucifer} Picture Quote #1

You give thanks for small things. I gave thanks that I was wearing jeans, not a skirt. People start trying to kill you, you stop wearing skirts Picture Quote #1

When something happened that was everything to you you realized it was nothing to everything else Picture Quote #1

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The road to Hell, you say, is paved with good intentions. Charming. But actually it's paved with intriguing questions Picture Quote #1

Creation sprawls like a dewed and willing maiden outside your window awaiting only the lechery of your senses Picture Quote #1

It's why people in sexual extremis say Oh, God. It's not a cry to the Divine, it's a recognition of their own divinity Picture Quote #1

It's why we close the eyes, too. The dead shouldn't have to look on the lewd aliveness of the living Picture Quote #1

Full moon rises. You change. You need what you need, so you do what you do. The kill - like the show - must go on Picture Quote #1

It's Big Brother with werewolves. Live coverage for a month, leading up to a group kill on full moon Picture Quote #1

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The truth doesn't care what anyone wants. The truth is innocent. You can't blame the truth Picture Quote #1

There are things you think you won't be able to do, that need the actual to become possible. There are things that only become thinkable once you're already doing them Picture Quote #1

The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on. Delightful endless futility Picture Quote #1

I find I still adore walking. Absurd, obviously, what with it being merely a case of putting one foot in front of the other and so on - but there you are Picture Quote #1

The moment you think is unbearable forces you to disappoint yourself by bearing it. There's resigned laughter available, for the hilarity of your own durability Picture Quote #1

Your ideal possession candidate's a thirteen - year - old recently orphaned schizophrenic girl three days away from her period on her way to see the shrink with whom she's romantically besotted Picture Quote #1

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Open, the eyes of the dead are a travesty, a parody, make a fool of the deceased. Open, the eyes of the dead perform that most indecent subtraction, show the person without his life Picture Quote #1

You think horror enters spectacularly. It doesn't. It just prosaically turns up. Even in the first seconds you know you'll find it a room Picture Quote #1

She'd been an actress, an artist's model, once or twice a kept woman, through all a voracious reader Picture Quote #1

Temptation's less about wearing someone down with repetition than it is about finding the right phrase and dropping it in at the right time Picture Quote #1

It rewrites the contract, I'd read somewhere. Your self's no longer central. This thing comes out of you and drags half your soul along after it like a blanket Picture Quote #1

Literature is humanity's broad - minded alter-ego, with room in its heart for monsters, even for you. It's humanity without the judgement Picture Quote #1

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Darkness now is pure phenomenon, nothing to do with him. This is the final relationship with the universe: you find solace only in things that offer none Picture Quote #1

Pain is beyond reason, an obliterating giant stupidity to which all your history of jokes and nuance and ideas and caresses is nothing, simply nothing Picture Quote #1

Pain revealed the paltry dimensions of love. The paltry dimensions of everything, in fact, except pain Picture Quote #1

He was a blessing in my life. My life was full of blessings. And one curse: That no amount of blessings was ever enough Picture Quote #1

Humans are moving into a new phase, one based on the knowledge that talking about their feelings has never got them anywhere Picture Quote #1

When you're a kid it's people's cruelty that makes you cry, then when you're an adult it's their kindness Picture Quote #1

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Embrace determinism and you're chained all the way back to the beginning. Of the universe. Of everything (Glen Duncan Quotes) Only meaning can make a difference and we all know there's no meaning. All stories express a desire for meaning, not meaning itself. Therefore any difference knowing the story makes is a delusion (Glen Duncan Quotes) This would be my torture: all that didn't bear thinking about would devote itself to forcing me to bear thinking about it (Glen Duncan Quotes) There's no such thing as evil for its own sake. All evil is motivated - even mine {Lucifer} (Glen Duncan Quotes) You give thanks for small things. I gave thanks that I was wearing jeans, not a skirt. People start trying to kill you, you stop wearing skirts (Glen Duncan Quotes) When something happened that was everything to you you realized it was nothing to everything else (Glen Duncan Quotes) The road to Hell, you say, is paved with good intentions. Charming. But actually it's paved with intriguing questions (Glen Duncan Quotes) Creation sprawls like a dewed and willing maiden outside your window awaiting only the lechery of your senses (Glen Duncan Quotes) It's why people in sexual extremis say Oh, God. It's not a cry to the Divine, it's a recognition of their own divinity (Glen Duncan Quotes) It's why we close the eyes, too. The dead shouldn't have to look on the lewd aliveness of the living (Glen Duncan Quotes) Full moon rises. You change. You need what you need, so you do what you do. The kill - like the show - must go on (Glen Duncan Quotes) It's Big Brother with werewolves. Live coverage for a month, leading up to a group kill on full moon (Glen Duncan Quotes) The truth doesn't care what anyone wants. The truth is innocent. You can't blame the truth (Glen Duncan Quotes) There are things you think you won't be able to do, that need the actual to become possible. There are things that only become thinkable once you're already doing them (Glen Duncan Quotes) The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on. Delightful endless futility (Glen Duncan Quotes) I find I still adore walking. Absurd, obviously, what with it being merely a case of putting one foot in front of the other and so on - but there you are (Glen Duncan Quotes) The moment you think is unbearable forces you to disappoint yourself by bearing it. There's resigned laughter available, for the hilarity of your own durability (Glen Duncan Quotes) Your ideal possession candidate's a thirteen - year - old recently orphaned schizophrenic girl three days away from her period on her way to see the shrink with whom she's romantically besotted (Glen Duncan Quotes) Open, the eyes of the dead are a travesty, a parody, make a fool of the deceased. Open, the eyes of the dead perform that most indecent subtraction, show the person without his life (Glen Duncan Quotes) You think horror enters spectacularly. It doesn't. It just prosaically turns up. Even in the first seconds you know you'll find it a room (Glen Duncan Quotes) She'd been an actress, an artist's model, once or twice a kept woman, through all a voracious reader (Glen Duncan Quotes) Temptation's less about wearing someone down with repetition than it is about finding the right phrase and dropping it in at the right time (Glen Duncan Quotes) It rewrites the contract, I'd read somewhere. Your self's no longer central. This thing comes out of you and drags half your soul along after it like a blanket (Glen Duncan Quotes) Literature is humanity's broad - minded alter-ego, with room in its heart for monsters, even for you. It's humanity without the judgement (Glen Duncan Quotes) Darkness now is pure phenomenon, nothing to do with him. This is the final relationship with the universe: you find solace only in things that offer none (Glen Duncan Quotes) Pain is beyond reason, an obliterating giant stupidity to which all your history of jokes and nuance and ideas and caresses is nothing, simply nothing (Glen Duncan Quotes) Pain revealed the paltry dimensions of love. The paltry dimensions of everything, in fact, except pain (Glen Duncan Quotes) He was a blessing in my life. My life was full of blessings. And one curse: That no amount of blessings was ever enough (Glen Duncan Quotes) Humans are moving into a new phase, one based on the knowledge that talking about their feelings has never got them anywhere (Glen Duncan Quotes) When you're a kid it's people's cruelty that makes you cry, then when you're an adult it's their kindness (Glen Duncan Quotes)

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