Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine af… - Alan Moore

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Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own design on this morally blank world.

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Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is a British writer, most famous for his influential work in comic-books and graphic novels.

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Native Name: Alan Oswald Moore

Alternative Names: Curt Vile • Jill de Ray • Translucia Baboon • The Original Writer

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Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose.

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So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit.

There... Poor little things. You see them? Standing with their numbers on their blank, indifferent faces, Nuremberg in miniature, the ranks of painted wooden men... Poor dominoes. Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers down it goes.

You see, there's the way things seemed and then there's the way things were and one is so often the total reverse of the other.

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