“

Hopelessness is reasonable.

But nothing of worth
in my life
came of reason.
Not my love,
not my art,
not my heaven.

So I am hopeful.

” — Clive Barker

“A Man will always
Rise to the bait of
His higher self, however
Turbulent the waters it is
Cast upon.” — Clive Barker

“The Place is Where.
The Question How.
The Hours are When.
If Never, Now.” — Found written on the wall of an abandoned asylum on Gorgossium.

“And we, my love, will wander freed
Of Loss and Fear and Time” — Clive Barker

“No need to fear the beast
That comes alone to your door,
For loneliness will be its undoing
Nor need you fear those beasts
That hunt in packs.
They will die when divided from their clan.
Fear only the one
That does not come at all.
It is already here, standing in your shoes.” — The last sermon of Bishop Nautyress

“Night comes down upon my heart
and smothers me with grief.
Let us take comfort before we part,
That at least our lives are brief.” — Clive Barker

“Dream!
Forge yourself and rise
Out of your mind and into others.
Men, be women.
Fish, be flies.
Girls, take beards.
Sons, be your mothers.
The future of the world now lies
In coral wombs behind our eyes.” — A song sung in Paradise Street
Clive Barker, Abarat: Absolute Midnight

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