Exhaustion has a way of parting the veils between men, not so much because the effort of censoring their words exceeds them, but because weariness is the foe of volatility. Oft times insults that would pierce the wakeful simply thud against the sleepless and fatigued.
R. Scott BakkerIt is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that which precedes everything.
R. Scott BakkerAny 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.
R. Scott BakkerHere we find further argument for Gotaggaโs supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their brothers?
R. Scott BakkerTo be ignorant and to be deceived are two different things. To be ignorant is to be a slave of the world. To be deceived is to be the slave of another man. The question will always be: Why, when all men are ignorant, and therefore already slaves, does this latter slavery sting us so?
R. Scott Bakker