Second Stage Quotes

“I never really had control over my life because no one does. We're all tossed into this loop because there is only 'life.' There is no 'my life this, my life that.' I take part in what life actually is, singular and myriad, warping and stagnant. Life is only itself, and it stretches so much farther beyond who I am that I'm lucky to take part in it for the small amount of time that is given to me. That's all.”
― Brandon R. Chinn, Second Stage

“This isn't about simple morality. Not anymore. The world is too big, and there are worlds in worlds. They were always there, in everyone's heads, but now we can see them. We're starting to bleed into each other.”
― Brandon R. Chinn, Second Stage

“Last words? I'm sure it has been an eventful journey. Someone will want to make your eulogy creative, I have no doubt. I can only wonder what will happen to the mind of the person that is forcefully debugged with their consciousness this deep into the WoAnLiNe. It's going to make an interesting case study for some boring old zero that has that kind of time. I should erase your Animus while I'm at it. It would keep these sorts of problems from happening in the future, troublemaker.”
― Brandon R. Chinn, Second Stage

“They're only memories, Sam. They might comfort us on days of self-loathing, but that's all. We have to consciously move forward.”
― Brandon R. Chinn, Second Stage

“He's special, but not the kind anyone wants to be. I don't know what to do about that.”
― Brandon R. Chinn, Second Stage