Clive Barker quotes - page 4

As to the remnants of his army-those Seerkind who'd embraced the Prophet's visions-they'd been the authors of their own punishment, waking from their evangelical nightmare to find it had destroyed all they held dear. (Clive Barker)
Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that: though as the narrator's voice recedes the connections will seem to grow more tenuous, for each age will want the tale told as if it were of its own making. Thus the pagan will be sanctified, the tragic become laughable; great lovers will stoop to sentiment, and demons dwindle to clockwork toys. Nothing is fixed. In and out the shuttle goes, fact and fiction, mind and matter woven into patterns that may have only this in common: that hidden amongst them is a filigree which will with time become a world. It must be arbitrary then, the place at which we chose to embark. Somewhere between a past half forgotten and a future as yet only glimpsed.
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Of course, there was Hobart. The Inspector was probably insane, but that was all to the good. And he had one particular aspiration which Shadwell knew he might one day need to turn to his own ends. That was, to lead-as Hobart put it-a righteous crusade.
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"Are you coming?” he said. "In a moment.” "It's now or never.” Maybe it would be never, then. She was so transfixed by the formidable power being unleashed in front of her, she couldn't avert her astonished gaze. It fascinated her that strength of this magnitude should be turned to the sordid business of atrocity; something was wrong with a reality that made that possible, and offered no cure for it, nor hope of cure.
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It was absurd and frustrating, to feel so much and know so little.
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What the enemy believed of you was probably true, or else why were you enemies in the first place?
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Among their members were some of the wealthiest individuals in the world; between them, fortunes sufficient to trade in nations. None of the seven had a name that would have meant anything to the hoi polloi-they were, like the truly mighty, anonymously great.
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So he believes. The truth may be more...complex.
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There was such sanity in his voice; a politician's sanity, as he sold his flock the wisdom of the bomb. This soulless certainty was more chilling than hysteria or malice.
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Life and wisdom. What more could anybody ask?
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Shadwell threw down his gun, and-though he had no taste for abattoirs-forced himself to survey the carnage before him. It was, he knew, the responsibility of one aspiring to godhood never to look away. Willful ignorance was the last refuge of humanity, and that was a condition he would soon have transcended. And, when he studied the scene, it wasn't so unbearable. He could look at the tumble of corpses and see them for the empty sacks they were. (Clive Barker)
Godhood called, and he went, fleet-footed, to worship at his own altar.
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"Don't be sentimental,” he chided. "Memories aren't enough.” It was fruitless to argue the niceties of that: he was telling her that he was in pain; he didn't want platitudes or metaphysics.
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Suzanna didn't wait for confirmation. There was no use disbelieving the worst now.
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The fact that Pinhead is a character that audiences want to watch, that women find sexy, that people have tattooed on their own bodies, I think, is perfectly extraordinary, and I'm incredibly pleased about it. I don't think an analysis of what he does in the movies ever completely illuminates the charm that the guy has.
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Lilia sighed. "Why me?” she said, still shaking. "Why should I have to tell it?” "Because you're the best liar,” Jerichau replied with a tight smile. "You can make it true.”.
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Your average game show host on TV, for instance, doesn't believe himself to be banal. He actually thinks that he's quite interesting. And if you look at the viewing figures, so do an enormous number of people in this country.
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Always the sightseers: open-mouthed, disbelieving. There was a force for desolation loose in their midst which could consume their lives at a glance, surely they could see that? But they'd watch anyway, willing to embrace the void if it came with sufficient razzmatazz.
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Perhaps there was a natural process at work here; a means by which the mind dealt with experiences that contradicted a lifetime's prejudices about the nature of reality. People simple forgot.
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She told him she made a rule of never marrying bankers. The next day he sent flowers, and a note saying that he'd relinquished his profession.
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Non-fiction contains facts, fiction contains truth. (Clive Barker)
Flesh is our indisputable commonality. Whatever our race, our religion, our politics we are faced every morning with the fact of our bodies. Their frailties, their demands, their desires. And yet the erotic appetites that spring from - and are expressed through - those bodies, are so often a source of bitter dissension and division. Acts that offer a glimpse of transcendence to one group are condemned by another. We are pressured from every side - by peers, by church, by state - to accept the consensual definition of taboo; though so often what excites our imaginations most is the violation of taboo.
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...I have seen the future of implausible plotting, and his name is Clive Barker.
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All I've ever wanted to do is darken the day and brighten the night.
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Movies are much more fascist than books. They tell you what to feel, when to feel it. Popular movies manipulate you. Music tells you when it's a sad part and when it's a happy part. You're obliged to watch them at the speed the filmmaker has created for you. That, I think, is one of the reasons why they're so popular - because you don't have to think very hard. The filmmaker has done all the thinking for you.
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