chicken soup for the sod

"life gives way to death, and death to a new life. nature feeds upon her own decay."

"sometimes the best plan is neither fighting nor running."

"secrets are meant to remain secret."

"a sword that has seen cowardice in battle exacts the price of honor from its wielder."

"the secret of this world weighs upon us, and we have been shaped by time and duty to bear it."

"never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."

"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

"of the rose of the past, we have only its name."

"but i, being poor, have only my dreams. tread softly, for you tread on my dreams."

"these moments.. beautiful as they are.. are evil when they're gone."

"a great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within"

"the world don't move to the beat of one drum. what might be right for one, may be wrong for some. a man is born, he's a man of means. along comes two, and they've got nothing but their jeans. but it takes two strokes, two strokes, to move the world.."

"there will come a time, when the curse of the one above will not be tolerated further when the lineage of Caine will end and there will be no embracing for these childer for their blood will run like water and the potence in it will wither. then, you will know in this time that gehenna will soon be upon you.."

"..the gunfire around us makes it hard to hear. but the human voice is different from other sounds. it can be heard over noises that bury everything else. even when it's not shouting. even if it's just a whisper. even the lowest whipser can be heard over armies, when it's telling the truth.."

"i believe in metaphors. metaphors are real."