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“Life is short
And pleasures few
And holed the ship
And drowned the crew
But o! But o!
How very blue
the sea is.”
― Clive Barker

“There's a fine line between self-preservation and mummification.”
― Mik Everett, Turtle: The American Contrition of Franz Ferdinand

“I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.”
― August Strindberg

“The Dreamer awakes
The shadow goes by
The tale I have told you,
That tale is a lie.
But listen to me,
Bright maiden, proud youth
The tale is a lie;
What it tells is the truth.”
― Traditional folktale ending

“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices of Resistance, Reform, and Renewal

“If I wasn't idealistic, there wouldn't be anything worth fighting for.”
― Mik Everett

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
― Dr. Seuss

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.”
― Jean-Luc Picard

“A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth”
― African Proverb

“O! That way madness lies.”
― William Shakespeare, King Lear

“None of the dead come back. But some stay.”
― St. John the Divine

“Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
― William Goldman, Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery