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<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> | ||
<option>All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.|Thomas E. Lawrence CB DSO</option> | <option><small>All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.</small>|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>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> | ||
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<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> | ||
<option>It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.|Joseph Conrad</option> | <option>It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.|Joseph Conrad</option> | ||
<option>There is a tower in the Emperor's palace called the Tower of Heroes: a black tower which rises high into the sky like a spike. At the summit of that tower hangs the Bell of Lost Souls. It is an ancient thing, massive as a building and adorned with dark runes, its peal like the scream of an anguished god. It is tolled but once when a great hero of the Imperium dies. Its wailing moan of grief lasts long and reaches the ears of millions, and its tones penetrate the unifying ether of humanity turning the thought of countless billions towards mankind's loss.|Warhammer 40,000</option> | <option><small>There is a tower in the Emperor's palace called the Tower of Heroes: a black tower which rises high into the sky like a spike. At the summit of that tower hangs the Bell of Lost Souls. It is an ancient thing, massive as a building and adorned with dark runes, its peal like the scream of an anguished god. It is tolled but once when a great hero of the Imperium dies. Its wailing moan of grief lasts long and reaches the ears of millions, and its tones penetrate the unifying ether of humanity turning the thought of countless billions towards mankind's loss.</small>|Warhammer 40,000</option> | ||
<option>Only in Death does Duty end.|Warhammer 40,000</option> | <option>Only in Death does Duty end.|Warhammer 40,000</option> | ||
<option>One unbreakable shield against the coming darkness, One last blade forged in defiance of fate, Let them be my legacy to the galaxy I conquered, And my final gift to the species I failed.|Warhammer 40,000</option> | <option>One unbreakable shield against the coming darkness, One last blade forged in defiance of fate, Let them be my legacy to the galaxy I conquered, And my final gift to the species I failed.|Warhammer 40,000</option> | ||
<option>Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.|Magic: The Gathering</option> | <option>Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.|Magic: The Gathering</option> | ||
<option>Familiarity, the first myth of reality: What you know the best, you observe the least.<br/>Devotion, the second myth of reality: The faithful are most hurt by the objects of their faith.<br/>Conviction, the third myth of reality: Only those who seek the truth can be deceived.<br/>Fellowship, the fourth myth of reality: As the tides of war shift, so do loyalties.<br/>Trust, the fifth myth of reality: Every truth holds the seed of betrayal.|Magic: The Gathering</option> | <option><small>Familiarity, the first myth of reality: What you know the best, you observe the least.<br/>Devotion, the second myth of reality: The faithful are most hurt by the objects of their faith.<br/>Conviction, the third myth of reality: Only those who seek the truth can be deceived.<br/>Fellowship, the fourth myth of reality: As the tides of war shift, so do loyalties.<br/>Trust, the fifth myth of reality: Every truth holds the seed of betrayal.</small>|Magic: The Gathering</option> | ||
<option><small>What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow<br/>Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man,<br/>You cannot say, or guess, for you know only<br/>A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,<br/>And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,<br/>And the dry stone no sound of water. Only<br/>There is shadow under this red rock,<br/>(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),<br/>And I will show you something different from either<br/>Your shadow at morning striding behind you<br/>Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;<br/>I will show you fear in a handful of dust.</small>|Thomas S. Elliot</option> | <option><small>What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow<br/>Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man,<br/>You cannot say, or guess, for you know only<br/>A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,<br/>And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,<br/>And the dry stone no sound of water. Only<br/>There is shadow under this red rock,<br/>(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),<br/>And I will show you something different from either<br/>Your shadow at morning striding behind you<br/>Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;<br/>I will show you fear in a handful of dust.</small>|Thomas S. Elliot</option> | ||
<option>The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.|Jack London</option> | <option>The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.|Jack London</option> | ||
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<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>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>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>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.|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> | ||
<option>They say foul beings of Old Times still lurk In dark forgotten corners of the world, And Gates still gape to loose, on certain nights, Shapes pent in Hell.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | <option>They say foul beings of Old Times still lurk In dark forgotten corners of the world, And Gates still gape to loose, on certain nights, Shapes pent in Hell.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | ||
<option>Whilst the greater number of our dreams are perhaps no more than faint and fantastic reflections of our waking experiences there are still a certain remainder whose immundane and ethereal character permits of no ordinary interpretation, and whose vaguely exciting and disquieting effect suggests possible minute glimpses into a sphere of mental existence no less important than physical life, yet separated from that life by an all but impassable barrier. Man, when lost to terrestrial consciousness, is indeed sojourning in another and uncorporeal life of far different nature from the life we know and of which only the slightest and most indistinct memories linger after waking.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | <option><small>Whilst the greater number of our dreams are perhaps no more than faint and fantastic reflections of our waking experiences there are still a certain remainder whose immundane and ethereal character permits of no ordinary interpretation, and whose vaguely exciting and disquieting effect suggests possible minute glimpses into a sphere of mental existence no less important than physical life, yet separated from that life by an all but impassable barrier. Man, when lost to terrestrial consciousness, is indeed sojourning in another and uncorporeal life of far different nature from the life we know and of which only the slightest and most indistinct memories linger after waking.</small>|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | ||
<option>The vistas I relish most are those in which the sunset plays a transfiguring & glorifying part.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | <option>The vistas I relish most are those in which the sunset plays a transfiguring & glorifying part.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | ||
<option>For there are objects in the great Abyss and the seeker of dreams must take care not to stir up or meet the wrong ones.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | <option>For there are objects in the great Abyss and the seeker of dreams must take care not to stir up or meet the wrong ones.|Howard P. Lovecraft</option> | ||
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<option>We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.|John W. Powell</option> | <option>We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.|John W. Powell</option> | ||
<option>I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.|John Green</option> | <option>I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.|John Green</option> | ||
<option>Some say the world will end in fire,<br/>Some say in ice.<br/>From what I’ve tasted of desire<br/>I hold with those who favor fire.<br/>But if it had to perish twice,<br/>I think I know enough of hate<br/>To say that for destruction ice<br/>Is also great<br/>And would suffice.|Robert Frost</option> | <option><small>Some say the world will end in fire,<br/>Some say in ice.<br/>From what I’ve tasted of desire<br/>I hold with those who favor fire.<br/>But if it had to perish twice,<br/>I think I know enough of hate<br/>To say that for destruction ice<br/>Is also great<br/>And would suffice.</small>|Robert Frost</option> | ||
<option>Message of the blowing wind<br/>Erasing memories<br/>Stars are the witnesses of our existence<br/><br/>Change is what the world awaits<br/>Could that be peace or war?<br/>The answer no one knows<br/>Trusting the break of dawn|Beyond the Bounds</option> | <option>Message of the blowing wind<br/>Erasing memories<br/>Stars are the witnesses of our existence<br/><br/>Change is what the world awaits<br/>Could that be peace or war?<br/>The answer no one knows<br/>Trusting the break of dawn|Beyond the Bounds</option> | ||
<option>Travelling beyond the bounds<br/>We have to take that step<br/>What are we waiting for? It's now or never<br/><br/>Fear to see "The World to Be"<br/>Is why we hesitate<br/>Repeat the same mistake<br/>Hoping to break new ground|Beyond the Bounds</option> | <option>Travelling beyond the bounds<br/>We have to take that step<br/>What are we waiting for? It's now or never<br/><br/>Fear to see "The World to Be"<br/>Is why we hesitate<br/>Repeat the same mistake<br/>Hoping to break new ground|Beyond the Bounds</option> | ||
<option>We are travelers, constantly moving forward, and looking back. Alone and as one, We have no choice but to try for our insatiable curiosity, for our fear in what should happen if we don't. You are the explorer now. We will say goodbye, and you will look back one last time, and know that wherever you go, we will be with you. This is Commander Shepard, signing off.|Bioware</option> | <option><small>We are travelers, constantly moving forward, and looking back. Alone and as one, We have no choice but to try for our insatiable curiosity, for our fear in what should happen if we don't. You are the explorer now. We will say goodbye, and you will look back one last time, and know that wherever you go, we will be with you. This is Commander Shepard, signing off.</small>|Bioware</option> | ||
<option>I'm often asked, "Why would you leave Shangri-La?" But the truth is, I never left. To believe in something beyond yourself - That is true paradise. Shangri-La is within me, and within you.|Far Cry 4</option> | <option>I'm often asked, "Why would you leave Shangri-La?" But the truth is, I never left. To believe in something beyond yourself - That is true paradise. Shangri-La is within me, and within you.|Far Cry 4</option> | ||
<option>Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. |Voltaire</option> | <option>Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. |Voltaire</option> | ||
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<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> | ||
<option>There are things we don't do. From this moment on, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and our ancestors. Let us all live to the highest standards, lest we win this war only to find ourselves staring in the mirror at the face of our late enemy.|John G. Hemry</option> | <option><small>There are things we don't do. From this moment on, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and our ancestors. Let us all live to the highest standards, lest we win this war only to find ourselves staring in the mirror at the face of our late enemy.</small>|John G. Hemry</option> | ||
<option>Humans had spent thousands of years climbing out of caves and building technology so they could reach the moon and live in caves again.|John G Hemry</option> | |||
<option>You should not honor men more than truth.|Plato</option> | <option>You should not honor men more than truth.|Plato</option> | ||
<option>There are some truths that are never taught. One of this is this: When you hide you find what's been hidden.|Pascalle Lepas, Wilde Life</option> | <option>There are some truths that are never taught. One of this is this: When you hide you find what's been hidden.|Pascalle Lepas, Wilde Life</option> | ||
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<option>Life is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.|Luigi Pirandello</option> | <option>Life is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.|Luigi Pirandello</option> | ||
<option>On that moment hung eternity. Time stood still. Space contracted to a pinpoint. It was as though the earth had opened and the skies split. One felt as though he had been privileged to witness the Birth of the World...|William Laurence</option> | <option>On that moment hung eternity. Time stood still. Space contracted to a pinpoint. It was as though the earth had opened and the skies split. One felt as though he had been privileged to witness the Birth of the World...|William Laurence</option> | ||
<option>Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe and Lao-Tzu, Einstein, Morobuto, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes .. and all of this .. all of this was for nothing unless we go to the stars.|J. Michael Straczynski</option> | <option><small>Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe and Lao-Tzu, Einstein, Morobuto, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes .. and all of this .. all of this was for nothing unless we go to the stars.</small>|J. Michael Straczynski</option> | ||
<option>One day they woke me up<br/>So I could live forever...|Jonathan Coulton</option> | <option>One day they woke me up<br/>So I could live forever...|Jonathan Coulton</option> | ||
<option>They banished him from the Kingdom at the Center of the Earth. It seemed a harsh punishment at first. But then he saw the sky.|A Small Fiction</option> | <option>They banished him from the Kingdom at the Center of the Earth. It seemed a harsh punishment at first. But then he saw the sky.|A Small Fiction</option> | ||
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| “ | The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept. | ” |
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