Quotes

"Wealth is too precious to be entrusted to the Rich" --Anonymous Kalderan Proverb CY 500 "If hope is the engine of the soul, then duty is the navigator… and love is the fuel." --Sani Nax Rifati, High Guard Supreme Commander Persuasions and Exhortations CY 4279 "Life? Hell, it's pretty much like a knife fight in a dirt-floor bar: If they get you down, you best get back up." --Gunnery Sergeant Hywell Cy'Rabia, CY 4681 "Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly-why they are simply doomed." --Achem Dro'hm, The Illusion of Historical Truth CY 4971 "You ask why we give our ships' computers normal emotions. Do you really want a warship incapable of loyalty? Or of love?" --The Unshattered Allegiance, High Guard Frigate, Artificial Intelligence Rights Activist CY 7309 "The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy." --Drago Museveni, CY 8427 "One head cannot contain all wisdom." --The Olduvai Cycle, Systems University Archives CY 8550 "Humans say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Why? Do they think there's a shortage of bad ones?" --Karm'Luk P'an Ku, The Joy of Lucidity CY 8633 "I am The Sacrifice. We are the Altar." --Tora Mol, Reflections in Shadow, CY 8842 "Machiavelli's ideas are basically sound ones for the Nietzschean people. Unfortunately, he was an optimist." --Cerebus Khmer Aphorisms CY 8969 "KLUDGE (Klooj) N. Disparaging term for genetically unmodified human being. See also 'uber.'" --A Concise Dictionary of Slang and Euphemism CY 9021 "Requested items: One Mark V ECM unit, 1000 km of fullerene cable, one low yield nuclear warhead. Stated purpose: birthday party for foreign dignitary." --Argosy Special Operations Service requisition form, CY 9512 "Here's everything I know about war: Somebody wins, somebody loses, and nothing is ever the same again." --Admiral Constanza Stark, High Guard Chief of Staff CY 9784 "Of course Nietzscheans love their children. That's not the problem. The problem is, they don't love anyone else's." --Unknown Master Sergeant, 505th High Guard Lancers CY 9785 "Only those born guilty recognize innocence for what it is: the rarest thing in the Universe, and the most precious." --THE ANOINTED, The Finder of The Way CY 9799 The Heavens burned, the Stars cried out. And under the ashes of infinity, Hope, scarred and bleeding, Breathed it's last." --Ulatempa Poetess, "Elegy for the Commonwealth" CY 9823 "Come Bitter Rain/ And Wash from my Heart/ That Saddest of all Words-- Home." --Ulatempa Poetess, "Song of My Exile" CY 9825 "Democracy may be only a few steps removed from Anarchy, but at least it's not as loud." -- Crowned In Starlight, Than Hegemon CY 9843 "The truest measure of a society is how it treats its elderly, its pets, and its prisoners." -- Keeper of the Way Vision of Faith VII, CY 9891 "We say atoms are bound by weak attractors. Why not admit the truth: The universe is held together by love." --Michio von Kerr, Wayist Physicist CY 9942 "You are the Center of the Wheel." --Kodiak Pride paternal blessing Date uncertain "A wall to a god is but a line on the page. We are all naked, seen beyond seeing." --Wayfinder First Order Hasturi, "The Mad Perseid" 217 AFC "Screams of a billion murdered stars/ Give lie to the night's peace. While we cling in Desperation/ To the few spinning stones we call Worlds." --Ibid. "WARNING: Do not operate heavy machinery or navigate the Slipstream while under the influence of this beverage." --Sparky-Cola (Label) 291 AFC "No plan of battle ever survives first engagement with the enemy. Except for mine." --General Cuahtomec Hutu, Drago-Kazov Pride 295 AFC "The difference between Pride Jaguar and the Drago-Kazov? A Jaguar will stab you in the back to gain an advantage. a Dragan will stab you just to see if his knife is sharp." --Charlemagne Bolivar, Pride Jaguar Archduke 299 AFC "Many say living in the Way is difficult. Is sleeping difficult? Is waking?" --Serenity Vikram Singh Khalsa, Collected Works 301 AFC