Midway along the journey of our lifeI woke to find myself in a dark wood,for I had wandered off from the straight path. How hard it is to tell what it was like,this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn(the thought of it brings back all my old fears), a bitter place! Death could scarce be… Continue reading Dante Alighieri,
None of you understand. I’m not locked up in here with you. You are locked up in here with me. ― Jackie Earle Haley [Rorscha] Watchmen (2009) Directed by Zack Snyder, Screenplay by David Hayter Based on the comic/graphi novel Watchmen (September 1986 – October 1987) Written by Alan Moore. Art by David Gibbons. Published… Continue reading Jackie Earle Haley
I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. ―HAL 9000, 2001: Space Odyssey (1968) Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke.
Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. — Dante Alighieri, Inferno, the Divine Comedy (1320)
“A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: A Tale For Children” On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them into the sea, because the newborn child had a temperature all night and they thought it was… Continue reading Gabriel García Márquez
Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with. ― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic ( G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Reprint edition, October 3, 2023) Orginally published July 1, 1995.
When sorrow comes, they come not single spies, but in battalions. I’ve allies in heaven, Jack, I’ve comrades in hell…say hello for me… ― James O’Barr, The Crow (Gallery 13; Reissue edition, October 10, 2017) Originally publishedJanuary 1, 1989.
In one of those stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night. And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known… Continue reading Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Longing is not always a reciprocal thing. ― Kate DiCamillo, The Magician’s Elephant (Candlewick; First Edition, September 8, 2009)
Night falls. Or has fallen. Why is it that night falls, instead of rising, like the dawn? Yet if you look east, at sunset, you can see night rising, not falling; darkness lifting into the sky, up from the horizon, like a black sun behind cloud cover. Like smoke from an unseen fire, a line… Continue reading Margaret Atwood
The Vale of Soul-Making 