Philisophical Quotes

“We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And, indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again."
~Fiddler, pg. 558”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“I know that in everybody's life must come days of depression and discouragement when all things in life seem to lose savour. The sunniest day has its clouds;but one must not forget the sun is there all the time.”
― L.M. Montgomery

“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the antidote to shame.”
― Uncle Iroh

“With lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth, when one gazes at the still, silent liquid in the dark depths of the bowl, its colour hardly differing from that of the bowl itself. What lies within the darkness one cannot distinguish, but the palm senses the gentle movements of the liquid, vapour rises from within, forming droplets on the rim, and the fragrance carried upon the vapour brings a delicate anticipation ... a moment of mystery, it might almost be called, a moment of trance.”
― Junichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

“The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”
― Lee Martin, The Bright Forever

“Judge Fowler knew Clara was not long for the world--it was the manner of how she seized everything that gave her away. Clara was vibrant in youth, beautiful and radiant upon her wedding night beyond compare! But death cannot be masked from those who can see the outline of its features scribbled in the margins of another’s being.”
― Kevin Moccia, The Beagle and the Hare

“That golden pin ball of a hare must be fresh dead! Thirty eight rabbits, seven squirrels, and one kitty cat D.O.A--MEEEEOOOWWW! Bippity bop-bop-bop bippity boo! I’m not no swineherd, my flocks a dead zoo! Won’t crunch on no crumpets, I slurp bacon stew! Ain’t dyin’ in one life, “my brothaaaa”, I’m livin’ two! Yo! Everything melts like grilled cheese in the grease of Old Blue! Old Blue! Old Blue! Everything melts like grilled cheese in the grease of Old Blue!” The Old Blue the character raps of…is money.”
― Kevin Moccia, The Beagle and the Hare

“The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on the slates. "What are they doing?" Alice whispered to the Gryphon. "They can't have anything to put down yet, before the trial's begun."
"They're putting down their names," the Gryphon whispered in reply, "for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

“Superstition prevails, fear that the fragile unfinished something will shatter, vanish, revert to the nothing from which it was made.”
― Joan Didion, Let Me Tell You What I Mean

“... never engage to play with a troubled mind or excited emotions. Lucidity of mind is crucial and once once's emotions become engaged in the play all is lost.....”
― Emery Lee, Fortune's Son

“Perhaps Clarence’s knowledge of the enormous day-to-day expense of the war machine was too much for a man who’s own father had insisted, “Never to waste salt on a radish!”
― Kevin Moccia, The Beagle and the Hare

“The male rabbits began chattering their teeth against another’s, filling the room with a spastic, scratching sound, similar to a full shift of skate blades on a puck chase, cutting fresh ice.
“An animal on a farm has no worth if it isn’t useful. I earned my right to survive--I’m named!”
― Kevin Moccia, The Beagle and the Hare

“The cynics—well aware that there is nobody who despises the imagination so thoroughly as the dreamer”
― Yukio Mishima, Sun and Steel

“When the golden rabbit had safely emerged out of the forbidden passage, he pondered the direction back to his lair. “How can it be I don’t live where I used to live anymore? How can that be? Alright then….alright. What a strange dream…I feel as though I’ve been eaves dropping in tempo…but not in time!” The hare hopped off, humming passages from Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue”.”
― Kevin Moccia, The Beagle and the Hare

“Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. It has features. This book can go under the microscope. You'd find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion. The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are. That's my definition, anyway. Telling detail, fresh detail.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time.”
― Frank Herbert

“People are like dirt. They either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”
― Plato

“Welcome!” proclaimed, Barrister Homes with the fanfare of a wrinkled ringmaster, his palm frond ears bending like alien tentacles one upwards and one out.”
― Kevin Moccia, The Beagle and the Hare

“After many years of contemplation, I realized that I will never be satisfied in this world; for my soul was created to live in another.”
― Anoir Ou-Chad

“Why, she had once asked her mother, do you bother to keep anything alive when it’ll all be wiped out by Finis?

Her mother had shrugged. Why take a shower when you’re just going to get dirty? Why eat when you’re just going to get hungry? Every flower dies eventually, Sam. But not yet.”
― Veronica Roth, Ark

“But you allow other entities to take away your freedoms all the time. It's an intrinsic part of your system. It couldn't function without that. You grant companies access to your attention so that they can alter your choices in exchange for entertainment. You identify with groups and grant them the ability to choose for you which problems you will be most concerned about. You listen to a friend when they care about something, and then you care about it too. One of the most powerful traits of your system is how ardently you believe in your individuality while simultaneously operating almost entirely as a collective.”
― Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

“A waste of Time well spent...
Is when the Time wasted...
Will make Space bend!”
― Merko Tigelaar, Greetings from Parkinsonia

“THAT'S IT! I'M GETTING ME MALLET!”
― Eustace

“Sometimes, I feel like they’re—Like I’ve gotta—Like I’m just pretending.”
“If you pretend to be something long enough, that’s what you become.”
― Marc Arginteanu

“He squeezed the telephone receiver until his knuckles were white. He wanted to smash it on the desk. Is this really how I want to be spending the limited time I have on this Earth? He gently lowered the phone into the cradle.”
― Marc Arginteanu, Azazel’s Public House

“People pursue fame, wealth, and power all their
lives. But what a man needed the most, was someone who really loved him and treated him well for a lifetime, single-minded.”
― Rifa Coolheart

“The beginning was the end and the end was the beginning.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder Series 4 Books Set (Paperback) - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder; Good Girl, Bad Blood; As Good as Dead; Kill Joy

“It was funny, she thought, how many relationships one could have with the same man, over the course of a lifetime together.”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

“Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior?"
"No, but I admire his work”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“In a world so large, isn’t it possible there are causes more just than our own that we could even now be serving? Is the sea so forceful and so peaceful because it knows a war and joy that we could only imagine? Does the ocean dance to a song we cannot hear, or is it marching to a war drum we simply don’t understand?”
― C.R. Ware, Letters of a Wind Walker