“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“The lesson was writ plain by Thucydides centuries before Christ was born. Democracy satisfies best the human thirst for freedom; yet, being undisciplined, turbulent, and luxury-seeking, it falls time and again to austere single-minded despotism.”
― War and Remembrance
― War and Remembrance
“The wolves of war are gathering. They sing a song of rotten bones.”
― Wolf by Wolf
― Wolf by Wolf
“We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.”
― Henderson the Rain King
― Henderson the Rain King
“Will children yet to come harbor a longing for a thing they cannot even name? The legacy of the word is a fragile thing for all its power, but I know where you stand, Squire. I know that there are words spoken by men ages dead that will never leave your heart.”
― The Passenger
― The Passenger
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