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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 | ||
| + | * "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 | ||
| + | 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 | ||
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| + | ===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"). | ||
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| + | ===One for the hermetic channeler or other lore-boy=== | ||
| + | * "There is no darkness but ignorance." - William Shakespeare | ||
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| + | ===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. | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===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". | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===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".) | ||
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| + | ===For the Han-Solo'ish good-bye ("Then I'll see you in hell!)=== | ||
| + | * "See you in the darkness." - Gary Gilmore | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | ===Out-of game inspiration for the demoralized player=== | ||
| + | * "Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness." - Yousuf Karsh | ||
Revision as of 22:01, 10 October 2006
Contents
- 1 Visit the Quotation Page for Additional Ideas
- 1.1 Some for the Dorn, from the same man
- 1.2 One for the hermetic channeler or other lore-boy
- 1.3 And one for the slightly more peaceful resistance fighter
- 1.4 The visionary resistance fighter
- 1.5 Something for the urban game
- 1.6 Something for the redeemed hero
- 1.7 Justification of the actions of the antihero
- 1.8 The dogma of the collaborator channeler
- 1.9 And one for the late Sahi in Sunulael
- 1.10 How about something for the fatalist
- 1.11 One for the traitor prince
- 1.12 Dogma of the fanatic legate
- 1.13 For the Han-Solo'ish good-bye ("Then I'll see you in hell!)
- 1.14 Gothy one, which I nevertheless liked
- 1.15 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
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
