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<option>There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.|Kevin J. Anderson</option> | |||
<option>A ship is safe in a harbour. But then that's not what ships are for.</option> | |||
<option>To venture in the fair unknown<br>I must enter as I leave:<br>A traveler, alone.</option> | |||
<option>Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.|Apollo 11 Lunar Plaque</option> | |||
<option>What are men to rocks and mountains?|Jane Austen</option> | |||
<option>There is a wilderness we walk alone/<br>However well-companioned|Stephen V. Benét</option> | |||
<option>There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.|Napoleon Bonaparte</option> | |||
<option>I, a stranger, and afraid, in a world I never made.|Alfred E. Housman</option> | <option>I, a stranger, and afraid, in a world I never made.|Alfred E. Housman</option> | ||
<option>Not all who wander are lost.|John R.R. Tolkein</option> | <option>Not all who wander are lost.|John R.R. Tolkein</option> | ||
<option>I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.|Sarah Williams</option> | <option>I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.|Sarah Williams</option> | ||
<option>...Come, my friends,<br>'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.|Alfred, Lord Tennyson</option> | <option>...Come, my friends,<br>'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.|Alfred, Lord Tennyson</option> | ||
<option>Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,<br>And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?|Christopher Marlowe</option> | <option>Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,<br>And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?|Christopher Marlowe</option> | ||
<option>All kinds of people want to take a trip to the End of the World, but what do they hope to gain?|Writers of the Future</option> | <option>All kinds of people want to take a trip to the End of the World, but what do they hope to gain?|Writers of the Future</option> | ||
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<option>A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.|Mahatma Gandhi</option> | <option>A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.|Mahatma Gandhi</option> | ||
<option>Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.|Christopher Columbus</option> | <option>Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.|Christopher Columbus</option> | ||
<option>We understand so much. But the sky behind those lights, mostly void, partially stars, that sky reminds us that we don't understand even more.|Welcome to Night Vale</option> | <option>We understand so much. But the sky behind those lights, mostly void, partially stars, that sky reminds us that we don't understand even more.|Welcome to Night Vale</option> | ||
<option>Day and night I always dream with open eyes.|José Martí</option> | <option>Day and night I always dream with open eyes.|José Martí</option> | ||
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<option>I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands<br/>and wrote my will across the sky in stars.|Thomas E. Lawrence, CB DSO</option> | <option>I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands<br/>and wrote my will across the sky in stars.|Thomas E. Lawrence, CB DSO</option> | ||
<option>For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.|Elie Wiesel</option> | <option>For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.|Elie Wiesel</option> | ||
<option>We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.|Thomas S. Eliot</option> | <option>We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.|Thomas S. Eliot</option> | ||
<option>A nomad I will remain for life in love with distant uncharted places.|Isabelle Eberhardt</option> | <option>A nomad I will remain for life in love with distant uncharted places.|Isabelle Eberhardt</option> | ||
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<option>Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.|Ralph W. Emerson</option> | <option>Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.|Ralph W. Emerson</option> | ||
<option>The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me/<br>Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean.|Robinson Jeffers</option> | <option>The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me/<br>Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean.|Robinson Jeffers</option> | ||
<option>You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.|William Faulkner</option> | <option>You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.|William Faulkner</option> | ||
<option>One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.|José Rizal</option> | <option>One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.|José Rizal</option> | ||
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<option>I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.|Arthur C. Clarke</option> | <option>I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.|Arthur C. Clarke</option> | ||
<option>Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.|Arthur C. Clarke</option> | <option>Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.|Arthur C. Clarke</option> | ||
<option><small>Your world can end in the blink of an eye. One event, one unexpected twist of fate... and suddenly the world as you knew... is gone. Forever. All that you held dear, all that you held close... is washed away in a sea of distant memory. Life... is cruel. Of this I have no doubt. But life continues on... with, or without you. One can only hope that one leaves behind a lasting legacy. But so often, the legacies we leave behind... are not the ones we intended.</small>|Gears of War 2</option> | <option><small>Your world can end in the blink of an eye. One event, one unexpected twist of fate... and suddenly the world as you knew... is gone. Forever. All that you held dear, all that you held close... is washed away in a sea of distant memory. Life... is cruel. Of this I have no doubt. But life continues on... with, or without you. One can only hope that one leaves behind a lasting legacy. But so often, the legacies we leave behind... are not the ones we intended.</small>|Gears of War 2</option> | ||
<option>I have seen the universe yawning<br>Where the black planets roll without aim -<br>Where they roll in their horror unheeded,<br>Without knowledge or luster or name.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | <option>I have seen the universe yawning<br>Where the black planets roll without aim -<br>Where they roll in their horror unheeded,<br>Without knowledge or luster or name.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | ||
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<option>I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....|Erica Jong</option> | <option>I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....|Erica Jong</option> | ||
<option>This kingdom shall fall, and from the ashes shall arise a new order that will shake the very foundations of the world.|Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos</option> | <option>This kingdom shall fall, and from the ashes shall arise a new order that will shake the very foundations of the world.|Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos</option> | ||
<option>It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.|Vince Flynn</option> | <option>It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.|Vince Flynn</option> | ||
<option>For he did not know, that beyond the lake he called home,<br/>There lied a deeper, and darker ocean green.<br/>Where waves are both wilder and more serene.<br/>To its ports I've been,<br/>To its ports I've been.|Alan Wake</option> | <option>For he did not know, that beyond the lake he called home,<br/>There lied a deeper, and darker ocean green.<br/>Where waves are both wilder and more serene.<br/>To its ports I've been,<br/>To its ports I've been.|Alan Wake</option> | ||
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| “ | Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. |
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| — Robert Frost | ||
