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1 " America had invented itself. It continued to invent itself as it went along. Sometimes its virtues made it the envy of the world. Sometimes it betrayed the very heart of its ideals. Sometimes the people dispensed with what was difficult or inconvenient to acknowledge. So the good people maintained the illusion of democracy and wrote another hymn to America. They sang loud enough to drown out dissent. They sang loud enough to overpower their own doubts. There were no plaques to commemorate mistakes. But the past didn’t forget. History was haunted by the ghosts of buried crimes, which required period exorcisms of truth. Actions had consequences. "
― Libba Bray , Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2)
2 " In account after account of exorcisms the demonic voices will propound nihilism of one variety or another. "
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
