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When It Comes To Controlling Human Beings There Is No Better Instrument Than Lies. Because, You See, Humans Live By Beliefs. And Beliefs Can Be Manipulated. The Power To Manipulate Beliefs Is The Only Thing That Counts ... Who Knows What Use They’ll Make Of You? Maybe You’ll Help Them To Persuade People To Buy Things They Don’t Need, Or Hate Things They Know Nothing About, Or Hold Beliefs That Make Them Easy To Handle, Or Doubt The Truths That Might Save Them.

There Are Many Kinds Of Delusion.

No Architect Troubled To Design Houses That Suited People Who Were To Live In Them, Because That Would Have Meant Building A Whole Range Of Different Houses. It Was Far Cheaper And, Above All, Timesaving To Make Them Identical.

For A While Bastian Stood Motionless. He Was So Stunned By What He Had Just Heard That He Couldn't Decide What To Do... What He Had Hoped Was His Ruin And What He Had Feared His Salvation.

But That Is Another Story And Shall Be Told Another Time.