Jim ButcherApocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope.
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Nicodemus said, "Apocalypse is a frame of mind." If you could call this statement optimistic, it would be accurate. But, to call it optimistic would be missing the point entirely. It is not optimism that is the core of apocalypse—it's despair for the future and a death of hope. The word apocalypse means the revelation and revealing of hidden meaning and meaning that is hidden.
When we talk about things we don't want to talk about, we fear the unknown. We fear the unknown because we fear what might happen if these fears come true. And, if something happens that we don't want to happen, we call it an apocalypse.
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