All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first...they must catch you.
The sacrifice of oneself to the pursuit of knowledge is the highest tribute to the gods.
Some actions, once taken, can never be taken back. Be careful.
The sun stops spinning when you stop believing.
Surely...how? To see slow plants grow slowly from trash, how wonderful that could be! On the sun a house in the moon. You were close to a lamp lit river. You vanish through a cruel glass. How can you say that? How?
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Kingmaker, cubs left alone grow fangs.
There is pure metal in the heart of every person, and it is blasphemy to pound away at it cold before you expose it to the open flame.
Hating yourself just for having some feelings is not reasonable. It's not. Never give in to hate.
If you do not have a part to play, seize one.
Dispel ⌠÷⌡ Star-days
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I wish I could believe there was a different end to this story. But once you skip to the end, you can never return the knowledge you gained, no matter how you beg and plead to forget.
It is a privilege to be allowed to be kind. Seize that privilege, and you will be broken.
"A soul?" cried the nurse, bending over a register and leafing hastily through it. "But you've already had one," she said, as her finger stopped above a name which must have been mine. "What did you do with it?" And her pitiless look had me trembling in fear.
One day, you put down your tools, decided you'd had enough, and let time pass you by, ever so gently and infinitely cruel.
Get up. There's work to be done — cold, bitter work, meant for your hands alone.
Embrace your fate, as I have mine.
Never lose the love that dwells within you. Hold it tight to your bosom, and the gods will be in fear of your heresy.