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> [“I look down past the stars to a terrifying darkness. I seem to recognize the place, but it's impossible. "Accident," I whisper. I will fall. I seem to desire the fall, and though I fight it with all my will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/i-look-down-past-the-stars-to-a-terrifying-darkness-i-seem-to/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

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## More by John Champlin Gardner Jr

> [“tedium is the worst pain. the mind lays out the world in blocks, and the hushed blood waits for revenge. all order, i've come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/tedium-is-the-worst-pain-the-mind-lays-out-the-world-in-blocks-and/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

> [“they hacked down trees widening rings around their central halls and blistered the land with peasant huts and pigeon fences till the forest looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/they-hacked-down-trees-widening-rings-around-their-central-halls-and/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

> [“I have eaten several priests. They sit on the stomach like duck eggs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/i-have-eaten-several-priests-they-sit-on-the-stomach-like-duck-eggs/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

> [“Standing on an open hill, I imagine muffled footsteps overhead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/standing-on-an-open-hill-i-imagine-muffled-footsteps-overhead/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

> [“I look down past the stars to a terrifying darkness. I seem to recognize the place, but it's impossible. "Accident," I whisper. I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/i-look-down-past-the-stars-to-a-terrifying-darkness-i-seem-to/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

> [“I should have cracked his skull mid song and sent his blood spraying out wet through the mead hall like a shocking change of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/i-should-have-cracked-his-skull-mid-song-and-sent-his-blood-spraying/)

[John Champlin Gardner Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-champlin-gardner-jr/)

> [“In a world where nearly everything that passes for art is tinny and commercial and often, in addition, hollow and academic, I argue--by reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-champlin-gardner-jr/in-a-world-where-nearly-everything-that-passes-for-art-is-tinny-and/)

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