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All gods who receive homage are cruel. all gods dispense suffering without reason. otherwise they would not be worshipped. through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. it is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. real gods require blood.
-Zora Neale Hurston
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All Gods Who Receive Homage Are Cruel.

Zora Neale Hurston
All gods who receive homage are cruel. all gods dispense suffering without reason. otherwise they would not be worshipped. through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. it is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. real gods require blood.
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