“My whole life I’d thought I’d wanted to kiss a girl. Turns out being kissed by one is infinitely better.” -Kellen, Spellslinger [Happy Valentine's Day!
It turns out, being loved feels so much better than merely loving someone. Reciprocation is intoxicating.]
“If we must ride intae the sunset, let it be one tae savor instead of fear.” -Al MacBharrais, Candle and Crow [Optimism is always so much more pleasant than pessimism. But it does lead to disappointment from time to time.]
“Can it really be that someday we will read the old Lubyanka archives? No, they will bum them. They already have.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn [Here we have an actual instance of what Orwell envisioned in 1984. Should we be at all surprised that it happens more than this?]
“When a group comes together around something they love it changes things. It changes how they see one another. It becomes a community. Something greater than the sum of its parts.” -Harry Dresden, Battle Ground [And it is so nice to be a part of a community. You form connections with people and that's something humans need to function as humans.]
“Stop justifying your position to people who show no willingness to hear it. Stop trying to create understanding with those who appear determined to misunderstand. Stop chasing rational outcomes with irrational opponents.” -Sahil Bloom [That isn't to say you don't engage. You can, but remember that you're not doing it to change your opponent's mind, but to persuade the audience.]
“For centuries I have seen all that mankind can offer, from its noblest to its most despicable wretches. Of them, you represent the worst, most dangerous type of all. … The kind who truly believes if only he could deprive everyone else of their will, he could control the outcome of everything.” -Mother Dawn, Graveyard of Demons [*Cough* *Cough* Communism *Cough*.]
“A primary purpose of the Creation and of our mortal existence is to provide us the opportunity to act and become what the Lord invites us to become.” -David A. Bednar