“Fate is a lazy man’s excuse for avoiding curiosity.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“(Da) "Sorry, Son, what was that? I was too busy ignoring you."
(Later) "Sorry, Son, I missed that," Ma said. "Ignoring you can be a full-time job.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“Accusations are merely the envy of the unenlightened given form.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“Evidence is the debris of a careless mind.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“You can only fail to pick the Castellan's pocket once”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“Real men have beards. Grow one,”
― Victoria Ashley, quote from Hemy
“I monaci cistercensi la cui abbazia si trovava qui nel tredicesimo secolo, non indossavano altri abiti se non ruvidi sai con il cappuccio e la loro dieta escludeva la carne, i pesci e le uova. Dormivano sulla paglia e si alzavano a mezzanotte per assistere alla messa. Trascorrevano le giornate lavorando, leggendo e pregando; e per tutta la loro esistenza osservavano un silenzio assoluto come quello della morte, poiché nessuno parlava mai. Una tetra confraternita che viveva una tetra vita in quel luogo soave, reso così splendido da Dio! È strano che le voci della natura tutto attorno a loro… il canto sommesso dell'acqua, i sussurri delle erbe sul fiume, la musica frusciante del vento... Non avessero insegnato a quella gente un più autentico significato dell'esistenza. Stavano ad ascoltare, durante le lunghe giornate, in silenzio, in attesa di una voce dal cielo; e per tutte le lunghe giornate e nelle notti solenni, quella voce parlava loro in miriadi di toni, ma essi non la udivano.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, quote from Three Men on the Bummel
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― Krista Ritchie, quote from Fuel the Fire
“We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto,”
― Peter Lerangis, quote from Lost in Babylon
“Vladimir: Did I ever leave you?
Estragon: You let me go.”
― Samuel Beckett, quote from Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
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