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“ Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst. ”

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Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.

~ Bernard Beckett

Bernard Beckett Philosophy Science Fiction

In the end, living is defined by dying.

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Bernard Beckett Death Life

But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine it loses its grip.

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Bernard Beckett Fear Time

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.

~ Bernard Beckett

Bernard Beckett Confidence Curiosity Fear Fragile Optimism Spirit Superstition