Expectation wasn’t just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.
“One must worry about the strength of a principle when it must compromise itself so often to survive.”
― Dark Age
― Dark Age
“Do not fear for me. Instead, pity them.”
― Light Bringer
― Light Bringer
“Is a man a coward if he realizes that bravery is just a myth the old tell the young so they line up for the meatgrinder?”
― Dark Age
― Dark Age
“You asked, what do I fear? I fear a man who believes in good. For he can excuse any evil.”
― Dark Age
― Dark Age
“Forgetting is essential to learning, just as exhaling is essential to breathing. Breathe out, then in. Find the self, then lose it once again. Thus, the path goes ever onward.”
― Light Bringer
― Light Bringer
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