“And what, brothers, I had to escape into sleep from then was the horrible and wrong feeling that it was better to get the hit than give it. If that veck had stayed I might even have like presented the other cheek.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
“With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have”
― The Time Keeper
― The Time Keeper
“Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted.”
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
“The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”
“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.”
― Words of Radiance
“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.”
― Words of Radiance
“The robot said, 'I have been trying, friend Julius, to understand some remarks Elijah made to me earlier. Perhaps I am beginning to, for it suddenly seems to me that the destruction of what should not be, that is, the destruction of what you people call evil, is less just and desirable than the conversion of thi sevil into what you call good.'
He hesitated, then, almost as though he were surprised at his own owrds, he said, 'Go, and sin no more!”
― The Caves of Steel
He hesitated, then, almost as though he were surprised at his own owrds, he said, 'Go, and sin no more!”
― The Caves of Steel
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