... We work in the dark. We do what we can to battle the evil that would otherwise destroy us. But if a man's character is his faith, this fight is not a choice but a calling. Yet sometimes the weight of this burden causes us to falter, bridging the fragile fortress of our mind. Allowing the monsters without to turn within and we are left alone staring into the abyss. Into the laughing face of madness...
In the end all things betray you.
Honor. Ideals. Heroism.
Allies.
Comrades. Lovers.
Your eyes. Your limbs. Your heart.
And in the end, you
betray yourself.
And that is the greatest betrayal of all.
Lament of
Zaxarus
And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
-Nietzsche
It is sometimes a mistake to climb;
it is always a mistake never even to
make the attempt.
If you do not climb you will not fall.
This is
true.
But is it that bad to fall,
that hard to fall?
Sometimes you
wake, and sometimes, yes, you die.
But there is a third alternative...
And
sometimes when you fall, you fly.
The Sandman
Evil shows up in the nicest places
Death shows up in the prettiest
faces
If we touch I know the world will fall apart.
-Dead Artist Syndrome
For every one person who wants the Truth at all costs there are a thousand who want an Illusion at all costs.
- E. E. Fournier d'Albe
"The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else"
-Unknown