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It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneath which men long ago veiled their knowledge of the most awful, most secret forces which lie at the heart of all things; forces before which the souls of men must wither and die and blacken, as their bodies blacken under the electric current. Such forces cannot be named, cannot be spoken, cannot be imagined
... See moreArthur Machen • The Great God Pan
You en’t afraid, are you?” “Not yet. When I am, I shall master the fear.
Philip Pullman • His Dark Materials: The Complete Collection: now a major BBC TV series
My faculties were chained up in wonder and awe.
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
Viewed at more leisure, it lost none of its wonderful properties. I could not deny my homage to the intelligence expressed in it, but was wholly uncertain, whether he were an object to be dreaded or adored, and whether his powers had been exerted to evil or to good.
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
Marlowe stands close and lights it for him, smelling of hair cream and something else as well. The faintest whiff of brimstone. Marlowe enjoys a different kind of immortality, achieved by different means. No magic acorns or slumbering under trees. He sold his soul on the dotted line, joined an exclusive members’ club. Eternal life. But not eternal
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