"This is my quest, to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To be willing to give when there’s no more to give
To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live
And I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I’m laid to my rest"
— Joe Darion
"When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself “I am going to produce a work of art.” I write it because there are some lies I want to expose, some facts to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing."
— George Orwell
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
It doesn’t matter much to me."
— the beatles
"without common interest, there is nothing to negotiate for; without conflict, nothing to negotiate about"
— joanne depledge
"Are you such a dreamer? To put the world to rights?
I’ll stay home forever, where two & two always makes up five."
— radiohead
"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth."
— John Lennon
09/06
2009
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“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”
-Jane Austen
"When you walk down the street in a city dying of rabies, past the human cockroaches talking about their heroin and child pornography, do you really feel normal?"
— rorschach
Memorable quotes from Watchmen
| Rorschach: | None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me. |
| Rorschach: | I heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life is harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor... I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. |
| Jon Osterman: | In my opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon. |
| Rorschach: | [reading from journal] Rorschach's Journal. October 12th, 1985: Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper "no." |
| Rorschach: | You see, Doctor, God didn't kill that little girl. Fate didn't butcher her and destiny didn't feed her to those dogs. If God saw what any of us did that night he didn't seem to mind. From then on I knew... God doesn't make the world this way. We do. |
| Jon Osterman: | Miracles by they're definition are meaningless, only what can happen does happen. |
08/30
2009
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