Monsters, ghost and everything spiritual and non-spiritual exists. Because we create it, the way to stop it..., is just to stop thinking about it. - (This is how I solve the problem)
...it is easy not to believe in monsters, considerably more difficult to escape their dread and loathsome clutches.
The Cyberiad
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...it is easy not to believe in monsters, considerably more difficult to escape their dread and loathsome clutches.
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