"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward then, brother, that person is a piece of shit. And I’d like to get as many of them out in the open as possible. You gotta get together and tell yourself stories that violate every law of the universe just to get through the goddamn day? What’s that say about your reality?"
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"Rust" Cohle, as interpreted by Matthew McConaughey in True Detective, "The Locked Room", written by Nic Pizzolatto.
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