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“The people of Salem have no
conscience. They drink up every word and action of the hearings as if
they were drinking human blood. They are raging wolves, and the
innocents have no protection. There is no sanity, no reason. Good
friends now watch each other with hooded, suspicious eyes. No one
speaks to each other for fear that they might offend someone and be
branded a witch. If you dislike your neighbor because once she refused
to give you a half-cup of sugar, then she must be a witch. If a
friend’s hog once got loose and trampled your property, that friend is a
wizard.”

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Graphic designers: the CIA is hiring.

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“Little Miho, you’re an angel, you’re a saint, you’re Mother Teresa, you’re Elvis. You’re God.”—Sin City

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The Gates of Paradise

A soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked: “Is there really a paradise and a hell?”

“Who are you?” inquired Hakuin.

“I am a samurai,” the warrior replied.

“You, a soldier!” exclaimed Hakuin. “What kind of ruler would have you as his guard? Your face looks like that of a beggar.”

Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin continued: “So you have a sword! Your weapon is probably much too dull to cut off my head.”

As Nobushige drew his sword Hakuin remarked: “Here open the gates of hell!”

At these words the samurai, perceiving the master’s discipline, sheathed his sword and bowed.

“Here open the gates of paradise,” said Hakuin.