i was small and meek
and couldn’t understand
how people get cruel
then i’ve seen all
and been all
and understand
but still i don’t
and so
sometimes i cry
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The Gnostic Wanderer: It’s cold outside. That doesn’t feel good to no one. So it’s nice to warm your hands at the fireplace.
Master Thaur: That’s one way of putting it. As for me, I just call them whores. It’s what they are.
Uncle Adelbart: – steps out of the warehouse, sits on a wooden bench, looks at you with his head slightly bent sideways –
Señor Palermo: Can you walk across the field without stepping on an ant?
Uncle Adelbart: – looks beyond you, at slowly passing fluffy clouds –
Macrocosmic: I stop to save all snails. Since some years earthworms too. There’s always a next tram.
Uncle Adelbart: – directs his eyes back at you, with an almost unnoticable mild yet cheeky grin –
Tonó: On the scale of egotism to martyrdom, what’s your level of sacrifice?
Uncle Adelbart: You have grown up when you realise that there is no god, and yet you pray to him.
Master Thaur: Whores.