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#1

“It is a homesickness for a place I have never been, a sneaking feeling of being merely a traveler in this world, a dream I cannot quite remember, fading, fading...”
― Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

tags: dreams-quotes, memory-quotes, nostalgia-quotes

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#2

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
― William Durant

tags: knowledge-habit-inspirational

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#3

“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: foolishness, gandalf, reductionism, wisdom

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#4

“We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: books, philosophy

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#5

“For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: hope, inspirational

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#6

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden and Other Writings

tags: simplicity

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#7

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”
― Aristotle

tags: aristotle, genius, great-minds, madness

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#8

“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
― Aristotle

tags: choice, inspirational

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#9

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: aliteracy, bad-reviews, self-publishing, writing

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#10

“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”
― Robert E. Howard

tags: humor, life, politics, society

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#11

“I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.”
― Plato

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#12

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: dance, music

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#13

“I was overcome by such a deep feeling of Sehnsucht while watching Puff the Magic Dragon that I felt like crying, but of course, I was a boy and boys don't cry.”
― Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

tags: childhood, dreams, fantasy, memory, nostalgia, sehnsucht

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#14

“It began with a poem, with words. Words were all I had, dull echoes in my brain. Fragile cobwebs. Her lipstick words pressed against my memories. 'Stop thinking,' I repeated to myself like a mantra. But we do not think memories, memories think us.”
― Toby R. Beeny, The Babel Project

tags: heartbreak, memory, ptsd

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#15

“Once, long ago, I heard the mermaids singing, but I do not think they will sing to me now.”
― Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

tags: existential-reflection, inner-struggle, longing, lost-dreams, melancholy, mermaids, myth-and-memory, nostalgia, reflection, unfulfilled-desires

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#16

“Flesh cannot satisfy spirit. And so now you must seek the Grail.”
― Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

tags: flesh-vs-spirit, grail-quest, inner-conflict, inner-transformation, longing, mysticism, mythic-journey, personal-growth, spiritual-quest, symbolism

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#17

“You must take the risk. You must have faith. The mask you wear is your prison. You cannot be authentic wearing a mask.”
― Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

tags: authenticity, confronting-darkness, faith, fear, inner-journey, masks, personal-growth, self-discovery, transformation, vulnerability

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#18

“Don’t you want to pierce the veil of the gods? To look at that which cannot be seen because it cannot really exist, and yet does?”
― Toby R. Beeny, The Babel Project

tags: ancient-secrets, cosmic-horror, exploration, forbidden-knowledge, intellectual-curiosity, metaphysical, mystery, philosophy, power, the-unknown

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#19

“The superior man, one who would follow the Iron Way, he must have struggle, he must have a goal, an impossible goal to fight for, and die for if needed. This is what he craves, not the green pasture of the cows.”
― Toby R. Beeny, The Iron Way: A Narrative of Crisis

tags: existential-crisis, higher-purpose, meaning-of-life, nietzsche, personal-growth, philosophy, self-conquest, spiritual-journey, struggle, the-iron-way

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#20

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: writing

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#21

“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

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#22

“The world was broken over eight hundred years ago, during The Reckoning. Now it is a time of darkness, a time of war, of blood and slaughter. It is a time of fire and dissolution.”
― Toby R. Beeny, The Bjornlinga Saga #1

tags: apocalyptic-fiction, blood-and-fire, dark-fantasy, dystopian-fantasy, epic-fantasy, grimdark, mythic-themes, post-apocalyptic, war-and-conflict, worldbuilding

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#23

“We men of the north are not an overly philosophical race; living in harsh, unforgiving lands does not typically afford the opportunity to recline on couches and debate the nature of the universe, as those in Kanayama are wont to do.”
― Toby R. Beeny, The Bjornlinga Saga #1

tags: dark-fantasy, fantasy, norse-mythology, philosophy, pragmatism, survival, wisdom, worldbuilding

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“A cold terror gripped the men then, a fear that burrowed deep into their guts. The land itself felt malevolent, alive with a dark force that sought to consume them.”
― Toby R. Beeny, The Bjornlinga Saga #1

tags: dark-fantasy, dark-fantasy-horror, dread, epic-fantasy, fear, grimdark, mythic-fiction, norse

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