“It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier
is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it
his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the
knownothings, the authoritarians have us all in
prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and
soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain
duty to escape, and to take as many people with us
as we can.”
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it
his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the
knownothings, the authoritarians have us all in
prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and
soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain
duty to escape, and to take as many people with us
as we can.”
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.”
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“Stand up and walk. Keep moving forward. You've got two good legs. So get up and use them. You're strong enough to make your own path.-Edward Elric”
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“I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.”
― The Art of Pokemon, The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back!
― The Art of Pokemon, The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back!
Ask Isabel Allende - Wednesday, February 12th!
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