So it’s been a rough week for a lot of my friends… well, truly a rough week for the world in general. We’ve once again been given ample evidence that people have a profound capacity to suck. We’ve once again received proof that, almighty heavenly overseer or not, sometimes you just wake up one morning and are dead before nightfall through no particular fault of your own. And in the end, there’s not a ton we can do about it. Such has been the way of things for as long as anyone can remember.
But I couldn’t let the week come to a close without referencing a few quotes that popped into my head. Most of these are probably paraphrased, but no matter. Perhaps a bit idealistic, but I guess that’s just me…
“There are two kinds of people in this world, Abigail: those who have commitment, and those who require the commitment of others.” John Adams
“We’re gunslingers; we protect people who can’t do it themselves.” Roland of Gilead
“What is the use of wizardry, if it cannot save a unicorn?” “That’s what heroes are for.” Molly Grue and Schmendrick the Magician
“I realized… in the end, it’s hopeless. We fight, and we die, and the great machine keeps going, cranking out evil into the world. But that was my epiphany… that when nothing that you do matters, then all that matters is what you do.” Angel
“Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things — trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose this black pit of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which can lick your real world hollow. So I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia…” Puddleglum
Brilliant
Thanks, rowan, its very cool.