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Conscious Quote by Gene Wolfe

“You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil…” quote by Gene Wolfe — Download Open image

“You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree.”

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