Quote Originally Posted by Henry Ellis
The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
Quote Originally Posted by Black Mage, 8-Bit Theatre (from comic of Dec. 23rd, '06)
Every day with you is an adventure I never wanted. Like swimming naked through shards of glass
Quote Originally Posted by Gandhi
An eye for an eye makes the world go blind.
Quote Originally Posted by Chuang Tzu, trans. Wastson 57-58
Just go along with things and let your mind move freely. Resign yourself to what cannot be avoided and nourish what is within you--this is best. What more do you have to do to fulfill your mission? Nothing is as good as following orders (obeying fate)--that's how difficult it is!
Quote Originally Posted by E.M. Forster, The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion
Before we begin to read the Ancient Mariner we know that the Polar Seas are not inhabited by spirits, and that if a man shoots an albatross he is not a criminal but a sportsman, and that if he stuffs the albatross afterwards he becomes a naturalist also. All this is common knowledge, but when we are reading the Ancient Mariner or remembering it intensely, common knowledge disappears and uncommon knowledge takes place. We have entered a universe that only answers to its own laws, supports itself, internally coheres, and has a new standard of truth
Quote Originally Posted by Fujii Wataru in Only the Ring Finger Knows
...but instead of promising eternity to each other at the start, we can arrive at eternity at the end.