Once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.
Not that he had anything against belief. People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.
(Pyramids)
Quote of the Game: "We don't have high explosives, and we don't have cocaine." - said by one of the players as the group debated how to deal with the gelatinous cube hunting the tunnels beneath Nattham.
Quote of the Game: "We don't have high explosives, and we don't have cocaine." - said by one of the players as the group debated how to deal with the gelatinous cube hunting the tunnels beneath Nattham.
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN? (Reaper Man)
"How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?"
LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN? (Reaper Man)
"How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?"
Once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.
Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet.
And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more.
Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet.
And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more.
Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use "respect"' to mean "treating someone like an authority" and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say "if you won't respect me I won't respect you" and they mean "if you won't treat me like an authority, I won't treat you like a person."
And they think they're being fair but they aren't, and it's not okay.
Gazing up at a god's crotch can do wonders for a person's lack of low self-esteem.
