

“Arthur, their young king, like a hero out of legend.”
― The Mists of Avalon
― The Mists of Avalon

“Viscosity occurs on a cellular level. And so does velocity.In contrast to viscosity's cellular coma, velocity endows every platelet and muscle fiber with a mind of its own, a means of knowing and commenting on its own behavior. There is too much perception, and beyond the plethora of perceptions, a plethora of thoughts about the perceptions and about the fact of having perceptions. Digestion could kill you! What I mean is the unceasing awareness of the processes of digestion could exhaust you to death. And digestion is just an involuntary sideline to thinking, which is where the real trouble begins”
― Girl, Interrupted
― Girl, Interrupted

“Joy and peace are not resignation: resignation is the willing endurance of a pain that is not allayed – that you don’t expect to be allayed. Stupefaction is not resignation: and it is stupefaction to remain in ignorance – to shut up all the avenues by which the life of your fellow-men might become known to you. I am not resigned: I am not sure that life is long enough to learn that lesson. You are not resigned: you are only trying to stupefy yourself.”
― The Mill on the Floss
― The Mill on the Floss

“It is personal. That's what an education does. It makes the world personal.”
― The Sunset Limited
― The Sunset Limited

“Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose.”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen
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