We may be damned at last, by God or our consciences; and though I've met a good many people who profess to credit no God, I've never met one who believed he had no conscience-this though he could no more produce it for my inspection than I could point out the God he demanded to see. (Gene Wolfe)

We may be damned at last, by God or our consciences; and though I've met a good many people who profess to credit no God, I've never met one who believed he had no conscience-this though he could no more produce it for my inspection than I could point out the God he demanded to see.

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