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Old 02-28-2008   #1
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Crampton quote
Does anyone know anything about the origin of this quote that opens the book Crampton?

"There's no escape and everything is lies."

--Suicide note left by
conspiracy theorist John Rev
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Re: Crampton quote
back then, when I first read these words I was reminded at the famous Hassan i Sabbah quote 'Nothing is true, everything is permitted', possibly it's just a modifacation by TL, taken into consideration that he is influenced by Burroughs
(Dictated while taking a stroll) I have come to realizewhat a superbly contrived marionette man is. Though without strings attached, one can strut, jump, hop and, moreover, utter words, an elaborately made puppet! Who knows? At the Bon season next year, I may be a new dead invited to the Bon festival. What an evanescent world! This truth keeps slipping off our minds.

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The epigraph does not appear in the 1998 version of the text. My assumption (and hope) is that John Rev and his words are a fabrication, fiction for fiction's sake.
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The epigraph does not appear in the 1998 version of the text. My assumption (and hope) is that John Rev and his words are a fabrication, fiction for fiction's sake.

I was leaning towards this possibility but I wasn't sure. I wouldn't be surprised; another great line by Ligotti. I don't have the 1998 version of the text. Drats!
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