“Inflection is the adjective of language. It carries the subtleties of delight and horror, the essence of culture and social process.”
“Myths are not fiction, but history seen with a poet's eyes and recounted in a poet's terms.”
“A good bureaucracy is the best tool of oppression ever invented.”
“Hittite law emphasized restitution rather than revenge. Humankind lost a certain useful practicality when it chose the other Semitic response—never to forgive and never to forget.”
“The mystery of consciousness? Erroneous data—significant results.”
“Ignoring that which is false is also a knowing. Thus—learning. To learn is to grow and to grow is to live. You may practice forgetting and thus learn.”
“Even the seemingly immortal gods survive only as long as they are required by mortal men.”
“What was it about high school that made people think with their insecurities instead of their brains?”
“How do you walk away from all you've ever been?”
“OFFICIAL ESTIMATES SAY THAT BETWEEN 1,000 AND 1,500 people sleep rough on the streets of London on any given night. Many of them are young runaways, fleeing abuse of various kinds at home. Some are elderly, people at the end of their lives who have lost everything. Quite a few have mental-health problems, made worse by the impossibility of getting their required medication. All are vulnerable; always cold, always hungry, slowly getting more weak and more scared.”
“Asking is, in itself, the fundamental building block of any relationship.”
“Queen Magnificent, I challenge you for the throne of the RainWings.”
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