Favorite Quotes

[ordnance11]

"The days were so terrible that I prayed for night. The nights were so horrible I prayed for daylight."
Pvt, 84th Inf Div, Hurtegen Forest, Fall 1944.
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[kentmagus]

Ungoliant will spin no more webs. Kanser sleeps eternally. Medusa is no more. The Wind Walker's storms have dissipated. Did you think you ...That you and your brothers could ravage the universe as you will?
-Children of an Elder God
I altered the passage more to my liking. Take that, Lovecraft!

[Norgarth]

I often visit a site that posts various quotes (4 per day, though it only keeps the last 3 days worth). Yesterday I saw this one:
"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
-- G. K. Chesterton
I'm pretty sure this applies to fanfiction too. __________________
"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it." - Terry Pratchett
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin