“God,” Eldritch said, “promises eternal life. I can do better; I can deliver it.”

— Philip K. Dick, book The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Source: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965), Chapter 6 (p. 86)

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