

“The question of whether world peace will ever be possible can only be answered by someone familiar with world history. To be familiar with world history means, however, to know human beings as they have been and always will be. There is a vast difference, which most people will never comprehend, between viewing future history as it will be and viewing it as one might like it to be. Peace is a desire, war is a fact; and history has never paid heed to human desires and ideals ...”
― Aphorisms
― Aphorisms

“Without love, it cannot be seen.”
― Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1
― Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, Vol. 1

“Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot

“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“When we win, do not forget that these people want you broke, dead, your kids raped and brainwashed, and they think it's funny.”
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