All Quotes By Tag: Death

“Gather around me, Oh! ye death-defiant, and the earth itself shall be thine, to have and to hold!Compton”

“For I stand forth to challenge the wisdom of the world; to interrogate the “laws” of man and “You”!Compton”

“Too long right and wrong, good and evil have been inverted by false prophets!Compton”

“No creed must be accepted upon authority of a “divine” nature. Religions must be put to th question. No moral dogma must be taken for granted-no standard of measurement deified. There is nothing inherently sacred about moral codes. Like the wooden idols of long ago, they are the work of human hands, and what man has made, man can destroy!Compton”

“He that is slow to believe anything and everything is of great understanding, for belief in one false principle is the beginning of all unwisdom.Compton”

“As environments change, no human ideal standeth sure!Compton”

“Whenever, therefore, a lie has built unto itself a throne, let it be assailed without pity and without regret, for under the domination of an inconvenient falsehood, no one can prosper.Compton”

“Too long the dead hand has been permitted to sterilize living thought!Compton”

“I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your commandments.Compton”

“Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, he who saith “thou shalt not” to me is my mortal foe!Compton”

“No hoary falsehood shall conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness.Compton”

“I raise up in stern invasion the standard of the strong!Compton”

“I gaze into the glassy eye of yoursome god, and pluck him by the beard; I uplift a broad-axe, and split open his worm-eaten skull!Compton”

“And all I can think about is that it’s not over and I’m tired and I’m ready to go but I’m still here. And I have to do it again and again and again.” He leaned back in his chair. “You think about that before you tell me I’ve got it easy.”I stayed silent a while before speaking. “So why don’t you end it?””Suicide?””If your life is such a hell,” I asked, “why bother? Why go through it again and again and all those times?””Because of…” He stopped and looked at the ceiling. After a moment he shrugged. “Because of children,” he said, “because of smiles and sunshine and ice cream.””You’ve got to be kidding.””You don’t like ice cream?” Elijah shook his head, “It’s the best. Imagine how excited I was when someone finally invented it. “”Sunshine and smiles don’t make all that other stuff go away.” I said, “This isn’t a fairy land.””No,” he said. “It’s the real world. And the real world is the most amazing thing any of us will ever experience. Have you ever climbed a mountain? Walked through a garden? Played with a child? This isn’t exactly a revelation John. People have been praising the simple pleasures since even before I was born, and that’s a very long time.””You don’t do any of those things.””But I have my memories,” Said Elijah. “And I have even simpler things. Music. Food. Everybody likes bacon.””I’m a vegetarian.””Asparagus then,” said Elijah, “roasted in pan. A little olive oil and a little salt – you the get the most incredible flavor – almost like a nut. But deep and rich and the textures just perfect…””I’ve tried it.””The world is more than sadness,” said Elijah, “i have a hundred thousand memories in my head. I can’t remember all of them, or maybe even most of them, but they are so much happier than sad. For every dead mother or brother or child there are a hundred breezes, a hundred sunsets, a hundred memories of falling in love. Have you ever kissed anyone, John?””I don’t see how that’s any of your business.””A first kiss is important. Most people only get one. But I can remember a hundred thousand of them. How could I give that up?” he shook his dead, smiling for the first time. “The world never gets old, John.”

“Glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago’, comments the narrator; and his comment shows that the ancient smith was not glad, did not know, was condemned to defeat and death and oblivion in the barrows. Still, even after thousands of years hope should not be lost; nor relied on.”