“No matter what else you came up against, if you could smile and laugh while a monkey did you with chestnuts in a dank concrete basement while somebody took pictures, well, any other situation would be a piece of cake”
― Choke
― Choke
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“You mean that people who continue virtuous in an old-fashioned way must inevitably suffer in times like these?”
― Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
― Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
“Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”
― Asfixia
― Asfixia
“I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.”
― The Rainmaker
― The Rainmaker
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