“They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another of them being killed--run over, maimed, destroyed--but they continued to play anyhow.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.”
― Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
― Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
“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
“I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more. ”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“All life includes loss. It's taken me many, many years to learn to deal with that, and I don't expect I'll ever be fully resigned to it. But that doesn't mean we have to turn away from the world, or stop striving for the best that we can do and be. We owe that much to ourselves, at least, and we deserve whatever measure of good may come of it.”
― Replay
― Replay
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