~ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. ~ Frank Herbert, Dune

~ Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.

~ We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.

~ Til shade is gone, till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared,
screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit into the sight blinders
eye on the last day.

~ And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. ~ Nietzsche

~ While it is not possible to make someone do anything against his will, it is possible to change what it is that he wishes to do.

~ DIPLOMACY: the art of letting other people have it your way.

~ He who learns must suffer. and even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of god. ~ Aeschylus

~ I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. ~Cs lewis