“Our mother used to say that a hero doesn't always have to slay a dragon to save the day." She swept a lock of hair behind her ear in an honest gesture, then pursed her lips and looked back at him, her gaze endearing. "Sometimes he just walks through the fire alongside you, and that's enough.”
― The Illusionist's Apprentice
― The Illusionist's Apprentice
“Years and years of nuclear waste and radiation leaking from Fukushima, Japan.
And still no Godzilla.
It's like... it's like they're not even trying.”
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And still no Godzilla.
It's like... it's like they're not even trying.”
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“Freedom, is not being tied to anything you fear to lose.”
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“Whenever a government produces a method of extorting income for a "public service" it will endeavor to make that service into such a large bureaucracy that not only will it become an excuse for ever larger funding, but that it will be made so large and all encompassing, so as to be beyond removal from within that society. In the case of the American Justice system, the eventuality is that all citizens will be criminalized for the benefit of the system and not for the society for which it purports to protect.”
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“The great thing about falling apart, is that you get to decide how to put yourself back together. Make good choices.”
― Ana J. Awakens
― Ana J. Awakens
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