Philosophical Fiction Quotes

“It’s Lylitte, standing on a patio below, all alone, leaning on a baluster at the far end of the castle. She doesn’t notice him at first, nor does it appear she’s doing anything important, as she’s looking out over her land, the acres of pasture hemmed in by rolling ancient walls. Her hair is up, showing her neckline, her light gown revealing curves which, for him, seem to be the only thing holding the galaxy together.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“As the clear sun, the soft breeze, and the bright moon complement each other, so do the five spirits of intelligence, intention, temperament, energy, and soul.”
― Isham Cook, The Tao of Poison

“Therefore, knowledge is guarded more carefully than gold”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“No matter what happens, it’s all for the best!”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“Defeat Your Own Dragon”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“Great Things Await Us”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“God has no other hands but ours”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“Learning Is Light, and Ignorance Is Twilight”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“As the Buddha teaches, attachment to worldly matters causes suffering.”
― Isham Cook, The Tao of Poison

“The Future Isn’t As Scary As It Looks”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“Knowledge Is Power and Power Is Dangerous”
― Alexander Morpheigh, The Pythagorean

“Six feet from his head to his heels was all he needed.”
― Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?

“The seeker sets out not by any clocks or calendars, but with the calling of the heart.”
― Cagla Meydan, Journey to Red Dawn: The Torch of Life

“Your emotions. Vile things. A Pigsgift — produce from a blasphemous deity of defiance. We were meant to be hollow things. But do not worry. One day this decadence, this evil, shall be taken away from you, a final act by higher powers. Servants to the Flesh. And on this day, you shall be free from your inhibitions.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“Alysse couldn’t describe exactly what it was, but it resembled speaking only superfluously. She was so immersed in the noise that the words Lips was using didn’t register.

There was melody. Power. An entire spectrum — maybe more than one — of emotional needles. And it did something to her. Made her feel… something. Something incredible.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“Oh, they claimed to worship this art, as you do now. Then they picked up their axes and hacked it to pieces and turned on those who would create it. Every thing of beauty detested. Every message ignored. Every passion shunned. Then, they prayed to their art again.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“A mountaineer who can descend from the summit is a good mountaineer; otherwise, he is a dead one.”
― Cagla Meydan, Journey to Red Dawn: The Torch of Life

“Knowledge turns into wisdom only through experience... Wisdom is in knowing how you will use that treasure wisely.”
― Cagla Meydan, Journey to Red Dawn: The Torch of Life

“Sometimes the world gives people everything…
except inner peace”
― M. Ayaan Rabbani, Mindful Exit: From Illusion to Truth

“The signal has been sent and ignored so many times that it has learned to send itself more quietly.”
― Asif Kabir, The Signals You Ignore

“Remember what Synecdoche told you [ONTHEOUTSIDE] and reflect.

Reflect yourself on the [ERROR] black something,

and wonder [AS A CHILD WONDERS] what’s on the other side,

and what else must join it there.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“Alysse could feel herself breathing. She felt each atom of oxygen floating through her blood, every nanometre of skin shedding, all of her cells dying and multiplying. Every time her neurons sent another message of fear through her spine, she could feel its every footstep pounding against the cells, veins, and dendrites down from her brain, read every word of the message as it screamed, ‘I am here.’ And when her soul was pulled through the dark matter outside of the universe, she felt the ghost of Time bend around it, and all existence became one again.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“A million organisms surrounded her, not one of them perfect or imperfect, and it didn’t matter they were all completely the same and all totally different. It only mattered that she felt their heartbeats. Three hearts became three million and three beats, and that was all she heard.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“All doppelgängers have one. There’s a shadow self. Inside. Whispering nonsensical, yet fiery, pleas into your subconscious ear. It wants something from you. You will never learn what it is, at least not fully. But you must not give up or fail under any circumstances.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“Evil has been usurped, has found its superior. And they called it humanity. But I won’t let anyone usurp me, Professor. I will be the superlative. And you will be my mother.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“Synecdoche has all the answers. Why has no one asked the questions?”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“They are all the same, but they are not all the same as the rest.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“There will be sonnets and epics written in your Memory, and they shall never weep for you.”
― Michael F Simpson, Doppelgängers

“Struggle and doubt exist and with them Others exist, otherwise nothing exists. Without struggle and doubt, I would be one with the universe and disappear. I do not want to be one with the universe. I reject it as it rejects me.”
― Valeriano Diviacchi, The Last Syllable: A Warrior’s Final Dialogues

“El mayor descubrimiento de la humanidad no fue una inteligencia artificial... fue descubrir que nunca estuvo sola.”
― Victor M.F. Avilán, El Bit: La Arquitectura del Bit - Libro I