Damocles Quotes

“Each of us has a door to walk through, maybe a thousand, and if we don’t walk through them, we aren’t alive. We aren’t human until we walk through that gate regardless of what’s on the other side.”
― S.G. Redling, Damocles

“the gate really is inside each of us. Each of us has a door to walk through, maybe a thousand, and if we don’t walk through them, we aren’t alive. We aren’t human until we walk through that gate regardless of what’s on the other side.”
― S.G. Redling, Damocles

“the eternal need to shout “You should have been there!” that compelled humans to tell stories and pass on advice and seek comfort and safety and love among their own kind. The only way that need could be fulfilled was for a community to agree upon a set of sounds and gestures to carry consistent meanings. That agreement became language.”
― S.G. Redling, Damocles

“The gate is inside you.”
― S.G. Redling, Damocles

“New situations almost invariably invoked fear in human beings, and the only remedy to fear was communication. Without language, without communication, all the numbers in the world would be useless. Without language, fear became deadly.”
― S.G. Redling, Damocles

“You know because you care. And you care enough to take the chance of being wrong.”
― S.G. Redling, Damocles

“Jefferson snickered. “Hers is bigger than yours.” Prader laughed too. “He’s used to hearing that.” Captain Wagner’s voice was all business. “I’m glad to see this momentous occasion in human history isn’t interfering with your need to be ass clowns. Let’s cut the chatter.”
― S.G. Redling, Damocles