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The struggle is so (beat) pointless. We live exactly as insects, and yet we look on them with horror, because they are us without justification, without the endless need to do things. The conscious mind is a freak accident, a program for double-checking cause-and-effect logic extended far beyond its purpose, an anti-virus program gone out of control.

Alan Ryker, When Cthulhu Met Atlach-Nacha [Amazon]

Hermetic quote Ryker When Cthulhu Met Atlach-Nacha struggle pointless conscious mind freak accident

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  1. “ASHTON: I don’t chastise you for your involvement in your little cult. CUTHBERT: Come on! You just helped to bring about a holy war and you’re going to pretend to be offended that I’m invading your privacy?”
  2. “ASHTON: I thought… I thought we could beat anything. CUTHBERT: You thought that we could defeat the gods? ASHTON: Why not?”
  3. “Eventually, you will die and be matter energized in a slightly different way.”
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