The Oldest Word Quotes

“He would pat the ugliest puppies.”
― Johnny Firic, The Oldest Word

“Does Ebui dream of a private grave? People in fancy dress eulogizing, laying down their offerings. Or does she dream past the frontier, a quicksilver cavern to adorn forever?”
― Johnny Firic, The Oldest Word

“The simple ineluctable truth is that desire has no bearing on our duties.”
― Johnny Firic, The Oldest Word

“Can there be one best way to tend a garden, one best way to love, one truest cause for love? No. It equates free will with submission.”
― Johnny Firic, The Oldest Word

“Evil can be transmuted into tragedy, loss into gain, temporality into deathlessness, by creating beauty.”
― Johnny Firic, The Oldest Word