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鈥淪chiller. A German dramatist of three centuries ago. In a play about Joan of Arc, he said, 鈥楢gainst stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.鈥 I鈥檓 no god and I鈥檒l contend no longer. Let it go, Pete, and go your way. Maybe the world will last our time and, if not, there鈥檚 nothing that can be done anyway. I鈥檓 sorry, Pete. You fought the good fight, but you lost, and I鈥檓 through.”
― The Gods Themselves
鈥淪chiller. A German dramatist of three centuries ago. In a play about Joan of Arc, he said, 鈥楢gainst stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.鈥 I鈥檓 no god and I鈥檒l contend no longer. Let it go, Pete, and go your way. Maybe the world will last our time and, if not, there鈥檚 nothing that can be done anyway. I鈥檓 sorry, Pete. You fought the good fight, but you lost, and I鈥檓 through.”
― The Gods Themselves

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
― The Penelopiad
― The Penelopiad

“Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?”
― Ordinary Heroes
― Ordinary Heroes

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. ~ T.S. Elliot”
― The Pilgrim Way: A Companion Guide for the Cross Country Cyclist
― The Pilgrim Way: A Companion Guide for the Cross Country Cyclist

“The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
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