“It is our expression that the flux between that which isn't and that which won't be, or the state that is commonly and absurdly called "existence," is a rhythm of heavens and hells: that the damned won't stay damed; that salvation only precedes perdition.”

—  Charles Fort

Source: The Book of The Damned (1919), Ch. 1, part 2 at resologist.net

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