Mass Quotes #11

September 4, 2009 at 22:29 (chances, danger, death, evil, poetry, universe) (, , , , )

I watched “Midnight” from Doctor Who and boy did that unnerve me. I’m not scared, but unnerved. That’s the only word I can think of.
And then I read Goblin Market by Christina Rosetti. Now I’m continuing in the vein of strange, somewhat creepy poetry. And I love it.

We must not look at Goblin men
We must not buy their fruit
Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots?

- Goblin Market, Christina Rosetti

Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow

- The Hollow Men, T.S. Elliot

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

- The Hollow Men, T.S. Elliot

Life is but life, and death but death!
Bliss is but bliss, and breath but breath!
And if, indeed, I fail,
At least to know the worst is sweet.
Defeat means nothing but defeat,
No drearier can prevail!

-Rouge Gagne, Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the achin,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

- Emily Dickinson

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Evil; Abarat

January 15, 2008 at 00:07 (books, evil) (, , , , )

Darkness has always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It’s only when its ambitions become too grandiose that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes–if necessary–brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must.

-Clive Barker, Abarat

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