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“No matter the magnitude of your doubts about the nature of the world you can't come up with another world without coming up with another you. It may even be that everybody starts out fairly unique only most people get over it.”

Book:The Passenger

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The Passenger

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Cormac McCarthy

American novelist known for his profound literary style and rich imagination. His notable works include 'The Border Trilogy' and 'No Country for Old Men'. more

“Just a corner, just an instant, just a poem away lay an unimaginably rich world where gods walked alongside the chosen few; and if you ever won your way there, your reward was meaning conferred upon your daily labors and travails by the promise of immortality, by the clarity of secret luminescence.”

Immortality Parallel Worlds

Book:Forty Rooms

Source: Forty Rooms

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead —his eyes are closed. The insight into the mystery of life, coupled though it be with fear, has also given rise to religion. To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms—this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.”

Religion Spirituality Wonder Curiosity

Book:Living Philosophies

Source: Living Philosophies

“The stars remember wars that history forgot”

Epic Fantasy Parallel Worlds Epic Fantasy Romance Action Fantasy War Between Worlds Cosmic Adventure Star Crossed Romance Sci Fi Fantasy Romance

Author:H . Nightshade

“Writing a book is like quilting. Once you start, keep on until it's finished.”