Fracasotoria Quotes & Sayings

The genes supply the motivation for warfare, [E. O.] Wilson is saying, in humans as they do in chimps, but people, blessed with the power of language, look for some objective cause of war. A society psychs itself up to go to war by agreeing that their neighbors have wronged them, whether by seizing property or failing to deliver on some promise. Religious leaders confirm that the local deity favors their cause and off go the troops. — Nicholas Wade

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. — J. Robert Oppenheimer

Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending. — Cees Nooteboom

Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced. — Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

About all we can hope to do is blow them apart. — Michael Crichton

I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains. — George R R Martin

When we get emotionally and spiritually involved in helping a person who is in pain, a compassion enters our heart. It hurts, but the process lifts some of the pain from another. — Glenn L. Pace