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So the stories aren't just stories, is what you're saying. They're really secret knowledge disguised as stories."" One could say that of all stories, younger brother.G. Willow Wilson
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Metaphors: knowledge existing in several states and without contradictionG. Willow Wilson
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What naive garbage. People don't want freedom anymore--even those to whom freedom is a kind of religion are afraid of it, like trembling acolytes who make sacrifices to some pagan god. People want their governments to keep secrets from them. They want the hand of law to be brutal. They are so terrified by their own power that they will vote to have it taken out of their hands. Look at America. Look at the sharia states. Freedom is a dead philosophy, Alif. The world is returning to its natural state, to the rule of the weak by the strong. Young as you are, it's you who are out of touch, not me. .G. Willow Wilson
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The few Americans he had encountered in his lifetime had all seemed flat to him, as if freedom weakened one's capacity for intense emotion by demanding too little of it.G. Willow Wilson
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How dense and literal it is. I thought it had a much more sophisticated brain." "Your mother is dense, " Alif said wearily. "My mother was an errant crest of sea foam. But that is neither here nor there.G. Willow Wilson
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I suppose every innovation started out as a fantasy.G. Willow Wilson
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You have such an odd relationship to your environment, " mused the man. "Such a paranoid relationship. You seem intent on existing in smaller and smaller spaces, filled with more and more gadgets, with the mistaken impression that this will give you more control over your lives. There's something a little impious about it."" Nothing wrong with gadgets, " muttered Alif."No, except that they're not magic, " said the man, "and a lot of you seem to believe they should be. .G. Willow Wilson
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Dear child, some stories have no morals. Sometimes darkness and madness are simply that."" How terrible, " said Farukhuaz."Do you think so? I find it reassuring. It saves me from having to divine meaning in every sorrow that comes my way.G. Willow Wilson
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All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing somethingG. Willow Wilson
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Dear child, some stories have no morals. Sometimes darkness and madness are simply that.G. Willow Wilson
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Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters.G. Willow Wilson