You haven’t changed for hundreds of years, and your sins, such as they are, have not grown in complexity. A moment of yes in a lifetime of thou shalt… - Parke Godwin

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You haven’t changed for hundreds of years, and your sins, such as they are, have not grown in complexity. A moment of yes in a lifetime of thou shalt not. Certain punishment out of a steaming Protestant imagination.

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About Parke Godwin

Parke Godwin (January 28, 1929 – June 19, 2013) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction.

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Subconsciously aware of the fragility of his artificial reality, the paranoiac must ever reinforce its defenses with more and more elaborate rationale. His virtues must be defined, his enemies painted in primary colors. The basic motive of fear is raised to mystic proportion; a cause, uniform, a symbol. He proclaims his purposes one with God’s.
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The central infection inflames and eventually mortifies the entire psyche until any healthy stimulus becomes alien.

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