“To watch. To wait. To wonder at a world in chaos,' the girl said. 'And hope one day you fools might learn.”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“What must be done must be done, whatever the price, the cost, the pain. One day we all must walk through fire.”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“And still you'll hesitate to tell him, won't you? Why? Because you're a woman? Is your destiny such a small thing then? To keep your legs open and your mouth shut?”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“There are no secrets.' The thing smiled, showing a row of even, childlike teeth. 'None worth keeping. Only the ones you hide from yourself, which are the most damaging and hurtful of all. Truth is truth, and lie is lie. Tell yourself one's the other and all the world turns kilter.”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast... Viscosity and Velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of disinclination; velocity causes the stillness of fascination. An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled, or because inner life is transfixingly busy.”
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