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“The world ends tomorrow, but the day after that, people are going to ask what鈥檚 for breakfast.”
― Edgedancer
― Edgedancer

“You have these lines you won鈥檛 cross. But then you cross them. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rule and the world won鈥檛 instantly come to an end. You鈥檝e taken a big, black, bold line and you鈥檝e made it a little bit gray. And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and you think, There was a line here once, I think.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six

“If you鈥檝e ever studied mortal age cartoons, you鈥檒l remember this one. A coyote was always plotting the demise of a smirking long-necked bird. The coyote never succeeded; instead, his plans always backfired. He would blow up, or get shot, or splat from a ridiculous height.
And it was funny.
Because no matter how deadly his failure, he was always back in the next scene, as if there were a revival center just beyond the edge of the animation cell.
I鈥檝e seen human foibles that have resulted in temporary maiming or momentary loss of life. People stumble into manholes, are hit by falling objects, trip into the paths of speeding vehicles.
And when it happens, people laugh, because no matter how gruesome the event, that person, just like the coyote, will be back in a day or two, as good as new, and no worse鈥攐r wiser鈥攆or the wear.
Immortality has turned us all into cartoons.”
― Scythe
And it was funny.
Because no matter how deadly his failure, he was always back in the next scene, as if there were a revival center just beyond the edge of the animation cell.
I鈥檝e seen human foibles that have resulted in temporary maiming or momentary loss of life. People stumble into manholes, are hit by falling objects, trip into the paths of speeding vehicles.
And when it happens, people laugh, because no matter how gruesome the event, that person, just like the coyote, will be back in a day or two, as good as new, and no worse鈥攐r wiser鈥攆or the wear.
Immortality has turned us all into cartoons.”
― Scythe

“Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.鈥 This is a lie. What we say matters. The unkind things we communicate can soil the best of relationships; even with the deepest of regrets鈥hat lingers is a stain of hurt that may fade but will never truly go away. The wounding words we say are like feathers released in a harsh wind, once said; we will never get them back. ~Jason Versey”
― A Walk with Prudence
― A Walk with Prudence

“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There鈥檚 no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that.”
― Scythe
― Scythe

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