"It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity"

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What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?' 'I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is.

— Stanislaw Lem