Sencho

“We are but motes of dust, drifting in an endless sea; sparks that flare all too briefly. Our light does little to illuminate the fading universe, but it is in our nature to fight, to wrestle back the encroaching dark, to find a way. Thus, we open not our eyes, but our minds, and we are terrified by what it is we see.”
― George Mann, Awakenings

“You know what leadership means, Lord Snow? It means the person in charge gets second guessed by every clever little twat with a mouth. But if he starts second guessing himself, that's the end...for him...for the clever little twats...for everyone.”
― Alliser Thorn, Game of Thrones

“The bomb exploded, killing five people, but not Thatcher. The IRA issued a statement, eloquently capturing the strategic advantage of terrorism: ‘Today we were unlucky, but remember, we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always.”
― Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

“The world is just a barrel-organ which the Lord God turns Himself. We all have to dance to the tune which is already on the drum”
― Reinhard Heydrich, Letter from Reinhard Heydrich, Chief of the Security Police, to All Einsatzgruppen Chiefs. September 21, 1939