It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. - J. R. R. Tolkien
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today" - James Dean
All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you're made to feel guilty for being human, then you're going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can't escape from. - Marilyn Manson
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
~~ Edgar Allan Poe
"Hate is... It's too easy. Love. Love takes courage."
Hannah Harrington, Speechless
Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality. - Arnold Bennett
"I would rather die as a soldier with honor, than live as a spineless coward."
~~ old veteran (can't recall his name)
"In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this" -Terry Pratchett
The moment you're born you're done for. - Arnold Bennett
The measure of a man's life is how he copes with the terrible wall of fear.: A. A. Gill
There is usually a line between "monster" and "man". At times, that line becomes blurred. So the question is "what is it that makes each one"?
“I think having an animal in your life makes you a better human.” Rachael Ray
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss
"It is only in the darkest of times when we find who we truly are".
(Again, can't recall the origin...)
During war, the laws are silent. - Quintus Tullius Cicero
If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words. - E. M. Forster
You have not failed until you quit trying.
Gordon B. Hinckley
“Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes....”
― Barack Obama
The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous. - Aldous Huxley
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light" - Plato
"Death is just the illusion that 'life' - existence - has ended. A mere trick of the limits of the mind"
~ The Illusionist (alternate statement)
But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? - William Butler Yeats
"All our people are so scared of me. Most days, I'd take that as a compliment. But it ain't me you've got to worry about now."
~ Riddick: Pitch Black
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death. - Patrick Henry
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” - Peter Pan
"If you're able to survive, but still find yourself alone, you'll begin to realize that you're stronger on your own."
~ David Draiman