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"There is in certain ancient things a traceOf some dim essence --More than form or weight;A tenuous aether, indeterminate,Yet linked with all the laws of time and space.A faint, veiled sign of continuitiesThat outward eyes can never quite descry;Of locked dimensions harboring years gone by,And out of reach except for hidden keys."
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"Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe."

"We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism."

"The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us."

"There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed."

"Yet, the Universe is real enough to the conscious beings in it, which are as unreal as it is itself."

"O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday."

"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

"The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless."
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"The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that it seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilised cynic to do other than worship it."

"I neither knew nor cared whether my experience was insanity, dreaming, or magic; but was determined to gaze on brilliance and gaiety at any cost."

"I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about."

"The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable."

"It might, too, have been the singular cold that alienated me; for such chilliness was abnormal on so hot a day, and the abnormal always excites aversion, distrust, and fear."

"I have seen beyond the bounds of infinity and drawn down daemons from the stars. . . . I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness. . . ."

"Atal felt a spectral change in the air, as if the laws of earth were bowing to greater laws."
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