Joseph Duncan · 270 pages
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“In a culture that worshipped its ancestors, to die without offspring was next of kin to damnation.”
― Joseph Duncan, quote from The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All
“I believed in the spirits of my ancestors.”
― Joseph Duncan, quote from The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All
“No child is ever loved as they are loved by the ones who gave them life.”
― Joseph Duncan, quote from The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All
“I have always found it both bitter and sweet that men become childlike in their old age.”
― Joseph Duncan, quote from The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All
“I have visited a great many cathedrals and have yet to burst into flames.”
― Joseph Duncan, quote from The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All
“We worshiped our ancestors. We believed in the spirits of men and animals,”
― Joseph Duncan, quote from The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All
“Sometimes I think it is that loneliness that drove our species a little bit insane. Why else would we have invented such a vast assortment of preposterous characters, all those pantheons of mad gods and uncountable legions of angels and devils and supernatural dream-things, if not to fill the void”
― Joseph Duncan, quote from The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All
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“إنّ معظم المفكرين الأصليين يتطورون عن طريق نبذ الدعائم الواحدة تلو الأخرى. وربما يستمرون في إغداق مشاعر الحب على والديهم وبلدهم، إلا أنّ حبهم ينبع من مركز قوة، وهي قوة تبدأ بالرفض.
والواقع أنّ البشر لا يتعلمون أبداً الوقوف وحدهم. فهم كسولون، يفضلون الاستناد إلى ما يدعمهم. وقد يكون الإنسان رياضياً أصيلاً لا ينتابه الخوف، إلا أنّه بالرغم من ذلك، يعتمد على زوجته اعتمداً كلياً. أو ربما كان مفكّراً حرّاً قويّاً بيد أنّه يستعِدّ طمأنينته، من إعجاب بعض الأصدقاء والتلاميذ. خلاصة القول، إنّ البشر لايختبرون أبداً دعائمهم، بل يختبرون قسماً منها ثم يسلّمون جدلاً بالبقية.”
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