If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.
H. P. Lovecraft
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- I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.
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