Darkness shields as much as it threatens.

Gods are but greater demons, the Cishaurim said, hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only to taste the clarity of our souls. Can you not see this?

To be a student required a peculiar kind of capitulation, a willingness not simply to do as one is told, but to surrendor the movements of one's soul to the unknown complexities of another's. A willingness, not simply to be moved, but to be remade.

The world is only as deep as we can see. This is why fools think themselves profound. This is why terror is the passion of revelation.

Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.

Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all Men made fools.

Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.