WHEN I LOOKED AROUND I SAW NONE AND HEARD OF NONE LIKE ME, WAS I, THEN, A MONSTER, A BLOT ON THE EARTH FROM WHICH ALL MEN FLED AND WHOM ALL MEN DISOWNED.
Mary Shelley.
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HE WHO IS ILLUMINATED WITH THE DARKEST SHADOW WILL SHINE WITH THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT.
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LET NOT HIM WHO SEEKS CEASE UNTIL HE FINDS, AND WHEN HE FINDS HE SHALL BE ASTONISHED.
(The Gospel of Thomas).
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