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And in that very moment, away behind in some far corner of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed reckoning nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#dawn #inspirational #shadow-of-death #tolkien #death

He thought he saw some horses, too, and a clown, but it was the faces of all those dead raptors that really bothered him. And maybe that clown a little bit. ↗

— Vernon D. Burns

#death #horse #humor #raptor #death

Life is a misery, death an uncertainty. Suppose it steals suddenly upon me, in what state shall I leave this world? When can I learn what I have here neglected to learn? Or is it true that death will cut off and put an end to all care and all feeling? This is something to be inquired into. But no, this cannot be true. It is not for nothing, it is not meaningless that all over the world is displayed the high and towering authority of the Christian faith. Such great and wonderful things would never have been done for us by God, if the life of the soul were to end with the death of the body. Why then do I delay? Why do I not abandon my hopes of this world and devote myself entirely to the search for God and for the happy life? ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#christian #confessions #faith #inspirational #religion

God is not just light, but also darkness; not just pleasure, but also pain; not just success but also the failures; not just life but also death. There is nothing that God is not. ↗

— Shafin de Zane

#inspirational #inspirational-quotes #success #death

Moments. This is one. This right here, right now, is definitely a moment. ↗

— Now Is Good

#life

Ivanov- "Up to now , all revolutions have been made by moralizing diletantes. They were always in good faith and perished because of their dilettantism. We for the first time are consequent..." "Yes," said Rubashov. "So consequent, that in the interests of a just distribution of land we deliberately let die of starvation about five million farmers and their families in one year. So consequent were we in the liberation of human beings from the shackles of industrial exploitation that we sent about ten million people to do forced labour in the Artic regions and the jungles of the East, under conditions similar to those of antique galley slaves. So consequent that, to settle a difference of opinion, we know only one argument: death, whether it is a matter of submarines, manure, or the Party line to be followed in Indo-China. ... ↗

— Arthur Koestler

#politics #revolution #death

People go around mourning the death of God; it's the death of sssin that bothers me. Without ssin, people aren't people any more, they're just ssoul-less sheep. ↗

— John Updike

#novel #widows #witches #death

Dulu sebelum saya memulai menulis buku, seorang penulis buku senior pernah berkata di sebuah acara bedah buku, 'sudah berapa banyak kalian membaca buku? Belasan, puluhan atau ratusan? Lalu apa sesuatu yang berlebihan kalau kita membuat satu buku saja, yang kemudian dibaca orang? ↗

— Yudhi Herwibowo

#inspirational

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh. ↗

— Mos Def

#fear #hip-hop #mind #mos-def #rap

He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the eyes of his wife. He pulled her to him, her body soft, her skin warm. She was life, she was his. He took her lips and tasted his freedom once more. The subtle tenderness. The hope hidden in joined breath. He took it into himself. Soaking in the peace that came with it. And even as the rustling began he felt still, he felt calm. Scratching and scrapping within the stones, and the rustle of wings. But all Eli knew was the nature of love. ↗

— Rachel A. Marks

#hope #hope-and-despair #kiss-of-death #kissing #love