Gratitude, what an effective leash.
What I find fascinating is how love is considered a gift, a blessing, with no acceptance to the fact that it also binds and chokes and strangles.
The republic can only be led by a philosopher king with the wisdom to look after the needs of the many.
Devotion is a beautiful thing.
A narrow mind is easily boggled.
Parents, wives, children, they all disappoint us, Eldritch. How could they not? They’re humans. But the Master is different. He will never let you down or betray you.
Humans think of evolution in terms of progress and advancement. This final errand will be the catalyzing event precipitating a new era on Earth, akin to the meteor that felled the dinosaurs and ushered in the Ice Age.