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* ''"I believe in one thing only, the power of the human will."'' '''--Joseph Stalin''' | * ''"I believe in one thing only, the power of the human will."'' '''--Joseph Stalin''' | ||
* ''"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."'' '''--Plato''' | * ''"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."'' '''--Plato''' | ||
| − | * "Sometimes you have to do things that you hate so you can survive to fight on another day." --Number Six (Tricia Helfer) on Battlestar Galactica | + | * '''"Sometimes you have to do things that you hate so you can survive to fight on another day."''' ''--Number Six'' (Tricia Helfer) on Battlestar Galactica |
| − | * "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death." --Patrick Henry(1736 - 1799), (Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775) | + | * ''"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death."'' '''--Patrick Henry'''(1736 - 1799), (Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775) |
| − | * "And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence." --William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Macbeth", Act 1 scene 3 | + | * ''"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence."'' '''--William Shakespeare''' (1564 - 1616), "Macbeth", Act 1 scene 3 |
| + | * ''"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."'' '''--Friedrich Nietzsche''' | ||
| − | + | ===the orcs=== | |
| − | the orcs | + | * ''"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."'' '''- George S Patton''' |
| − | * "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." - George S Patton | + | * ''"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."'' '''- George S Patton''' |
| − | * "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - George S Patton | + | * ''"Orcs love to fight. All real orcs love the sting of battle."'' '''- George S Patton''' (changed "Americans" to "orcs"). |
| − | * "Orcs love to fight. All real orcs love the sting of battle." - George S Patton (changed "Americans" to "orcs"). | + | * ''"Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more."'' '''- GSP''' |
| − | * "Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more." - GSP | ||
===Some for the Dorn, from the same man=== | ===Some for the Dorn, from the same man=== | ||
| − | * "Better to fight for something than live for nothing". - George S Patton | + | * ''"Better to fight for something than live for nothing".'' '''- George S Patton''' |
| − | * "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank our forefathers that such men lived." - George S Patton (changed "God" to "our forefathers"). | + | * '''"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank our forefathers that such men lived."''' '''- George S Patton''' (changed "God" to "our forefathers"). |
===One for the hermetic channeler or other lore-boy=== | ===One for the hermetic channeler or other lore-boy=== | ||
| − | * "There is no darkness but ignorance." - William Shakespeare | + | * ''"There is no darkness but ignorance."'' '''- William Shakespeare''' |
===And one for the slightly more peaceful resistance fighter=== | ===And one for the slightly more peaceful resistance fighter=== | ||
| − | * "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr. | + | * ''"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."'' '''- Martin Luther King, Jr.''' |
===The visionary resistance fighter=== | ===The visionary resistance fighter=== | ||
| − | * "I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all." - Richard Wright | + | * ''"I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all."'' '''- Richard Wright''' |
===Something for the urban game=== | ===Something for the urban game=== | ||
| − | * "In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time." - W. Somerset Maugham | + | * ''"In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time."'' '''- W. Somerset Maugham''' |
===Something for the redeemed hero=== | ===Something for the redeemed hero=== | ||
| − | * "Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living." - Hellen Keller | + | * ''"Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living."'' '''- Hellen Keller''' |
===Justification of the actions of the antihero=== | ===Justification of the actions of the antihero=== | ||
| − | * "Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people." - Carl Jung | + | * ''"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."'' '''- Carl Jung''' |
===The dogma of the collaborator channeler=== | ===The dogma of the collaborator channeler=== | ||
| − | * "Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness." - Carl Jung | + | * ''"Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness."'' '''- Carl Jung''' |
===And one for the late Sahi in Sunulael=== | ===And one for the late Sahi in Sunulael=== | ||
| − | * "To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be." - Frank Herbert | + | * ''"To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be."'' '''- Frank Herbert''' |
===How about something for the fatalist=== | ===How about something for the fatalist=== | ||
| − | * "And the darkness of the night is soon full of the fallen shadows of our failures." - William H Gass (changed "our bedroom" to "the night". | + | * ''"And the darkness of the night is soon full of the fallen shadows of our failures."'' '''- William H Gass''' (changed "our bedroom" to "the night". |
===One for the traitor prince=== | ===One for the traitor prince=== | ||
| − | * "A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness." - Jean Genet | + | * ''"A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness."'' '''- Jean Genet''' |
===Dogma of the fanatic legate=== | ===Dogma of the fanatic legate=== | ||
| − | * "A man can no more diminish Izrador's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the darkness by scribbling the word, 'light' on the walls of his cell." - C. S. Lewis (changed "God" to "Izrador", "sun" to "darkness" and "darkness" to "light".) | + | * ''"A man can no more diminish Izrador's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the darkness by scribbling the word, 'light' on the walls of his cell."'' '''- C. S. Lewis''' (changed "God" to "Izrador", "sun" to "darkness" and "darkness" to "light".) |
===For the Han-Solo'ish good-bye ("Then I'll see you in hell!)=== | ===For the Han-Solo'ish good-bye ("Then I'll see you in hell!)=== | ||
| − | * "See you in the darkness." - Gary Gilmore | + | * ''"See you in the darkness."'' '''- Gary Gilmore''' |
===Gothy one, which I nevertheless liked=== | ===Gothy one, which I nevertheless liked=== | ||
| − | * "In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep; for we are dying the darkness and we know no death." - Tom Wolfe | + | * ''"In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep; for we are dying the darkness and we know no death."'' '''- Tom Wolfe''' |
===Out-of game inspiration for the demoralized player=== | ===Out-of game inspiration for the demoralized player=== | ||
| − | * "Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness." - Yousuf Karsh | + | * ''"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."'' '''- Yousuf Karsh''' |
Revision as of 13:54, 11 October 2006
Contents
- 1 Visit the Quotation Page for Additional Ideas
- 1.1 the orcs
- 1.2 Some for the Dorn, from the same man
- 1.3 One for the hermetic channeler or other lore-boy
- 1.4 And one for the slightly more peaceful resistance fighter
- 1.5 The visionary resistance fighter
- 1.6 Something for the urban game
- 1.7 Something for the redeemed hero
- 1.8 Justification of the actions of the antihero
- 1.9 The dogma of the collaborator channeler
- 1.10 And one for the late Sahi in Sunulael
- 1.11 How about something for the fatalist
- 1.12 One for the traitor prince
- 1.13 Dogma of the fanatic legate
- 1.14 For the Han-Solo'ish good-bye ("Then I'll see you in hell!)
- 1.15 Gothy one, which I nevertheless liked
- 1.16 Out-of game inspiration for the demoralized player
Visit the Quotation Page for Additional Ideas
- "There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true." --Sir Winston Churchill
- "I believe in one thing only, the power of the human will." --Joseph Stalin
- "Death is not the worst that can happen to men." --Plato
- "Sometimes you have to do things that you hate so you can survive to fight on another day." --Number Six (Tricia Helfer) on Battlestar Galactica
- "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death." --Patrick Henry(1736 - 1799), (Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775)
- "And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence." --William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Macbeth", Act 1 scene 3
- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." --Friedrich Nietzsche
the orcs
- "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." - George S Patton
- "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - George S Patton
- "Orcs love to fight. All real orcs love the sting of battle." - George S Patton (changed "Americans" to "orcs").
- "Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more." - GSP
Some for the Dorn, from the same man
- "Better to fight for something than live for nothing". - George S Patton
- "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank our forefathers that such men lived." - George S Patton (changed "God" to "our forefathers").
One for the hermetic channeler or other lore-boy
- "There is no darkness but ignorance." - William Shakespeare
And one for the slightly more peaceful resistance fighter
- "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
The visionary resistance fighter
- "I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all." - Richard Wright
Something for the urban game
- "In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time." - W. Somerset Maugham
Something for the redeemed hero
- "Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living." - Hellen Keller
Justification of the actions of the antihero
- "Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people." - Carl Jung
The dogma of the collaborator channeler
- "Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness." - Carl Jung
And one for the late Sahi in Sunulael
- "To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be." - Frank Herbert
How about something for the fatalist
- "And the darkness of the night is soon full of the fallen shadows of our failures." - William H Gass (changed "our bedroom" to "the night".
One for the traitor prince
- "A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness." - Jean Genet
Dogma of the fanatic legate
- "A man can no more diminish Izrador's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the darkness by scribbling the word, 'light' on the walls of his cell." - C. S. Lewis (changed "God" to "Izrador", "sun" to "darkness" and "darkness" to "light".)
For the Han-Solo'ish good-bye ("Then I'll see you in hell!)
- "See you in the darkness." - Gary Gilmore
Gothy one, which I nevertheless liked
- "In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep; for we are dying the darkness and we know no death." - Tom Wolfe
Out-of game inspiration for the demoralized player
- "Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness." - Yousuf Karsh
