"gods are great, but the heart is greater. for it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return."
~ atsula, in neil gaiman’s “american gods”
#quote #MarkTwain #generalizations #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods (at the aerie)
nancy: there’s a battle. blood is shed. many die. the world changes, a little. most of this battle will be fought in a place you cannot go, and you cannot touch.
czernobog: in the hearts and the minds of the people.
~ in neil gaiman’s “american gods”
#quote #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods
"people believe. it’s what people do. they believe. and then they will not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjurations. people populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales. people imagine, and people believe: and it is that belief, that rock-solid belief, that makes things happen."
~ in neil gaiman’s “american gods”
#quote #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods
"there’s never been a true war that wasn’t fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. the really dangerous people believe that they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. and that is what makes them dangerous."
~ wednesday, in neil gaiman’s “american gods”
#quote #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods
when was the last time your heart wept? ❤ #quote #WRInge #ramblings (at the aerie)
"in a world where people die every day, i think the important thing to remember is that for each moment of sorrow we get when people leave this world there’s a corresponding moment of joy when a new baby comes into this world. perhaps it’s a hard thing to say, but joy and sorrow are like milk and cookies. that’s how well they go together. i think we should all take a moment to meditate on that."
~ media, in neil gaiman’s “american gods”
#quote #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods
"i was heading south. the cold was bothering me. you’d think i’d welcome it. but it’s something to do with being dead, i guess. you don’t feel it as cold. you feel it as a sort of nothing, and when you’re dead i guess the only thing that you’re scared of is nothing."
~ laura, in neil gaiman’s “american gods”
#quote #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods
it’s indifference. when i was in high school, i remember a jesuit saying that the opposite of love is selfishness. but isn’t selfishness just another form of indifference? (“.) #quote #ElieWiesel #ramblings (at the aerie)
you know my heart, Lord. grant me the grace of #consolation. amen. (“,) #quote #MahatmaGandhi #reflection #examen #ilaw (at the aerie)
"kinds of behavior that work in a specialized environment, such as a prison, can fail to work and in fact become harmful when used outside such an environment."
~ shadow, in neil gaiman’s “american gods”
what about schools? (“,) #quote #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods
awnirwu (“.) #quote #Shadow #NeilGaiman #AmericanGods (at the aerie)
#fear #feel #fall #fly #fail (“.) #quote #ZeldaFitzgerald #love #ramblings (at the aerie)
#fear #feel #fall #fly ❤ #ramblings (at the aerie)
as usual days go, today wasn’t that bad. it wasn’t great; but it wasn’t bad. let’s see what tomorrow brings. hoping it’s better. #quote #AuthorUnknown #ramblings (at the aerie)
student: doesn’t being scared let you know your on to something important?
ted: yeah. i mean if your not scared, your not taking a chance. and if your not taking a chance, then what the hell are you doing, right?
~ in “how i met your mother” s05 (via rob.c)
hmmm. if you were to choose only one of your senses, which would it be? g|mrng! (“,) #quote #RobertTizon #love #ramblings (at the aerie)
may God grant me the grace of #gratitude. amen. (“,) #quote #HenryVanDyke #reflection #examen #ilaw (at the aerie)
may God grant me the grace of #joy that i may attract and share good vibes. amen. (“,) #quote #PDOuspensky #reflection #examen #ilaw (at the aerie)
frodo: i can’t understand you. do you mean to say that you, and the elves, have let him live on after all those horrible deeds? he is as bad as an Orc, and just an enemy. he deserves death.
gandalf: deserves it! i daresay he does. many that live deserve death. and some that die deserve life. can you give it to them? then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. for even the very wise cannot see all ends.
~ in jrr tolkien’s “fellowship of the ring”
#quote #JRRTolkien #LordOfTheRing #LOTR #FellowshipOfTheRing #epub
after my nth reading of the book (in epub this time), watching the extended almost-four hour sir peter jackson version. (“,) yeah, i’m a geek!
frodo: now I am really afraid. what am I to do? what a pity that bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!
gandalf: pity? it was pity that stayed his hand. pity, and mercy: not to strike without need.
#quote #JRRTolkien #LordOfTheRings #LOTR #FellowshipOfTheRing #movie #PeterJackson #pity #mercy (at the aerie)
well, they do say it’s the next best thing… (“,) cooling down on a hot day. #chocolate #icecream (at the aerie)
may God grant me the grace of #patience that i may learn not to pre-empt His perfect time and that i may begin to live with more compassion and empathy. amen. (“,) #quote #CharlesLAllen #reflection #examen #ilaw (at the aerie)
"i don’t think i have to teach people how to be human. i think you have to teach them how to stop being inhumane."
~ eldridge cleaver (via tane.v)
may God grant me the grace of #magis, that i may always strive to envision and enact a state better than the current. Allahu akbar, ad majorem Dei gloriam. amen. (“,) #quote #OscarWilde #reflection #examen #ilaw (at the aerie)
may God grant me the grace of #hope… for #vision, for #energy, for #action. amen. (“,) #quote #MartinLutherKingJr (at the aerie)
let go. let come. amen. (“,) #quote #MartinLuther #reflection #examen #ilaw (at the aerie)
may God grant me the grace of #sacrifice, to give and not to count the cost. amen. (“,) #quote #ToriAmos (at the aerie)
may God grant me the grace of #forgiveness that i may begin to heal. amen. (“,) #quote #MartinLutherKingJr (at the aerie)
what’s yours? (“,) #quote #DaveBarry #fear (at the aerie)
"that’s the thing about depression: a human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. but depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end."
~ elizabeth wurtzel (via kee.s)
