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Time turns our lies into truths.Gene Wolfe
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Hope is a psychological mechanism unaffected by external realities.Gene Wolfe
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There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.Gene Wolfe
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People don't want other people to be people.Gene Wolfe
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Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.Gene Wolfe
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We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.Gene Wolfe
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When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.Gene Wolfe