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  1. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    Their jaws unhinged and they vomited out an oily black substance, which fell to the floor like a river of snakes.
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  2. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    There is no greater power on this earth than story." Will paced the length of the room. "People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense-words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions-words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History.
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  3. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    This country is founded on a certain tension." He pressed his fists against each other. "There is a dualism inherent in democracy-opposing forces pushing against each other, always. Culture clashes. Different belief systems. All coming together to create this country. But this balance takes a great deal of energy-and, as I've said, spirits are attracted to energy.
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  4. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    But why on earth?" "When the world moves forward too fast for some people, they try to pull us all back with their fear,
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  5. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    When does belief become justification? When does right become rationale and crusade become crime?
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  6. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    People will believe anything if it means they can go on living their lives and not have to think too hard about it.
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  7. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    But what was the point of living so quietly... you made no noise at all
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  8. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    I'm tired of everyone deciding what's for my own good!
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  9. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    Murder was just another reason to drink
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  10. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    My aunt says you should only pray to Jesus." Blind Bill grunted and spat. "You think the white folks' god is gonna help you? You think he's on our side?" "I don't think anybody's god is on our side.
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  11. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    There is no greater power on this earth than story. People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense - words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions - words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History.
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  12. Libba Bray _ The Diviners

    they talked, too, of their futures, as if they could shape the glittering course of their destinies with secret confessions offered like prayers to the room's benevolent hush.
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