Exception Quote by Charles Fort

“But Truth is that besides which there is nothing: nothing to modify it, nothing to question it, nothing to form an exception: the all-inclusive, the complete - By Truth, I mean the Universal.”

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The Earth is a farm. We are someone else's property.

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“Is life worth living? Like everybody else, I have many times asked that question, usually deciding negatively, because I am most likely to ask…

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All would be well. All would be heavenly--If the damned would only stay damned.

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“I sent letters of enquiry to all persons whose names were given, and received not one reply. There are several ways of explaining. One…

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“We cannot define. Nothing has ever been finally figured out, because there is nothing final to figure out”

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The fate of all explanation is to close one door only to have another fly wide open.

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