Zalanthan-esque Quote of the Day

[Red Ranger]

Tulukis: "EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY"

From the sign above the ant colony in T.H. White's The Once and Future King.

[Fredd]

"They look like big, good, strong hands. Don't they? I always thought that's what they were. My little friends. The little man with his racing inix, the girl, even the stupid erldu. I couldn't hold on to them. Thehole pulled them right out of my hands. I failed."

Bynner half-giant talking about everyone falling down a hole

Taken from the Rock Biter from Neverending story

[Calavera]

"I against my brother. I and my brother against our cousin. I, my brother, and our cousin against the neighbours. All of us against the foreigner." - Bedouin proverb.

[Incognito]

From 2004:-

The lightly burdened will be saved.

When you sleep inside, your thoughts are as high as the ceiling, when you sleep outdoors, your thoughts are as high as the stars.

He who shares my bread and salt is not my enemy.

At the narrow passage, there is no brother and no friend.

[Incognito]

Men say "War is trickery." Elves say "A trick is worth more than a tribe."

[BadSkeelz]

"Magic guys. That sucks."

~Brock Samson.

[AmandaGreathouse]

"The waiting is the hardest part..."

-- Tom Petty

[musashi]

"Death is light as a feather, duty heavier than a mountain."

[MeTekillot]

Found a Firefly quote that happens to apply particularly well.


"How come you didn't turn on me, Amos?"
"Money wasn't good enough."
"What happens when it is?"
"Well, that'll be an interesting day."

[AmandaGreathouse]

"Death is light as a feather, duty heavier than a mountain."

*bow* You've won this thread, sirrah.

[Morrolan]

"Death is light as a feather, duty heavier than a mountain."

*bow* You've won this thread, sirrah.

"Death is light as a feather, duty heavier than furniture." --Little Tommy Sunday

from Gust Front by John Ringo

[RogueGunslinger]

"Death is light as a feather, duty heavier than a mountain."

*bow* You've won this thread, sirrah.

"Death is light as a feather, duty heavier than furniture." --Little Tommy Sunday

from Gust Front by John Ringo

Great book. I love when half way in people just start dying left and right and you're all WTF?

[Obeliskocism]

Tough old man to dangerous killer:  "I figure I got one more fight left in me.  You want it?"

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"If you're going to shoot at something, kill it.  Otherwise take up knitting."

[Dakota]

Some dude talking to a Byn sarge...

Some dude: "Well, damnit, I'm going to get to the bottom of this!"

Byn Sarge: "Death's at the bottom of everything. Leave death to the professionals."

--The Third Man, 1948

[MeTekillot]

"Man, woman, gith. I don't care. As long as it rears my inix."
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You say to the burly, face-inked man, in sirihish:
     " Now this is all the 'sid Malik gave us in advance. You give it back to him, tell him the job didn't work out. We're not thieves... well, we are thieves, but the point is we're not taking what's his. We'll stay out of his way as best we can from here on in. You'll explain that's best for everyone, okay?"

The burly, face-inked man stands up.

The burly, face-inked man says, in sirihish:
     "Keep the 'sid. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn't matter where you go, or how far you ride, I will hunt you down, and the last thing you see will be my blade."

You subdue the burly, face-inked man, despite his attempts to wrestle away.

You say, in sirihish:
     "Darn."

You release the burly, face-inked man and roughly shove him north.

You look north.
To the north is Over the Edge:
[nothing]

You hear someone cry out in the distance.

The gritty, rough man walks in from the east, dragging the tall, muscular man with him.

The gritty, rough man releases the tall, muscular man and he immediately moves away.

You say to the tall, muscular man, in sirihish:
     "Now this is all the money that Malik gave us in advance--"

Speaking hurriedly, the tall, muscular man says, in sirihish:
     "Oh, I get it! I'm good. Best thing for everybody!"

Grinning desperately, the tall muscular man says, in sirihish:
    "I'm right there with you."

[BadSkeelz]

Squatting over your bludgeoned, bleeding form and gesturing through the gate, Lord Templar Nolte says,
"See, that's the wilderness. This isn't. This is Allanak. This is my town. Out here you're a trespasser. Out here I can pick you up, burn your house, fuck your wife, and kill your dog. And the only thing that'll protect you is if I can't find you. And I already found you."

[boog]

"Life sucks, and then you die."

[bcw81]

"There are almost no supplies left... Provide for your (troops). You are expecting a supply caravan just before (the sands) entomb you. But it is (clear) now, enough time to delve secure lodgings, ere the (gortok) get hungry. A new chapter of (Byn) history begins here, at this place... Strike the earth!"

>.> Totally something I haven't been doing far too much of lately.

[Delirium]

and

"God rest the souls of that poor family... and pussy's half price for the next 15 minutes." Al Swearengen Kurac

[RogueGunslinger]

"The night is dark, and full of terrors." Jihean to his underlings.

[Bogre]

"It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand."
- One astute Blue robe to another.

"Allanak was an ancient civilization, steeped in the power of antiquity, where gods once walked on every trader track, every footpath, every lost road between forgotten places. It was said the sands hoarded power within their sussurating currents, that every stone had soaked up sorcery like blood, and that beneath every city lay the ruins of countless other cities, older cities, cities that went back to the First Empire itself. It was said each city rose on the backs of ghosts, the substance of spirits thick like layers of crushed bone; that each city forever wept beneath the streets, forever laughed, shouted, hawked wares and bartered and prayed and drew first breaths that brought life and the last breaths that announced death. Beneath the streets there were dreams, wisdom, foolishness, fears, rage, grief, lust and love and bitter hatred."

- Both quotes from Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

[Bogre]

"See! That's what I need to learn. Learn how to be all dead inside, with muscles on top! Not all emotional and flabby..."

-New Byn Recruit to Grizzled old Sarge

[bcw81]

"Welcome to fucking Boatmurdered Red Storm!"

[IntuitiveApathy]

Life's hard.  It's even harder when you're stupid.

- John Wayne

[Bushranger]

Agent: "I don't pay you to put evil notions in my head, and the ones already there don't need company."
Mercenary: "You pay me to kill people who bother you. Evil notions come free."