"Truth has to persist unaffected, in the past, present and future. That which is absent in two states, how can it be true."

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In violence there is often the quality of yearning - the yearning for completion. For closure. For that which is absent and would if present bring to fulfillment. For the body without which the wing is a useless frozen ornament. ("A Short Guide To The City")

— Peter Straub