When the world is pregnant with lies, a secret long hidden will be revealed.

Self-destruction would be a brief, almost autoerotic free-fall into a great velvet darkness

The truth is not beautiful - it stands on cloven hooves - it is covered in coagulated blood - but it is the truth.

In modern states, the citizen is politically impotent. A citizen, it is true, may complain, make suggestions, or cause disruptions, but in the ancient world these were privileges that belonged to any slave.

When the world is pregnant with lies, a secret long hidden will be revealed.