"Since man cannot live without miracles, he will……" — Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel."
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