"I will send jests into the world and a little mirth. And while Death seems to thee as far away as the purple rim of hills, or sorrow as far off as rain in the blue days of summer, then pray to Limpang-Tung. But when thou growest old, or ere thou diest, pray not to Limpang-Tung, for thou becomest part of a scheme that he doth not understand.

Go out into the starry night, and Limpang-Tung will dance with thee...Or offer up a jest to Limpang-Tung, for he saith of sorrow: 'It may be very clever of the gods, but he doth not understand.'"

- Limpang-Tung (god of mirth and melodious minstrels) from The Gods of Pagana by Lord Dunsany

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them... I destroy them.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

“Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins--thoroughly.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

"A name is a lie that keeps you from thinking you might be more than a single being." -Nightvale

“The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas.”
― Hermann Hesse, Demian

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