Estelyn Blackfyre

“Cruel people are busy all the time as if to find justification for the cruelty of their doings.”, Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

"What is better – To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
– Paarthurnax, Skyrim

“The very purpose of existence it to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think of us.”
― Quentin Crisp

Emo Kylo Ren is a mock account that was created by one of the women from Gawker. Its pretty amazing, and has estalished the pefect baseline for if flirting has gone wrong.... did I really talk about sand?

"do you like galaxies
so it turns out i kind of have one if you want to rule it with me or whatever
it wouldn’t have to be a date"

“Only Way People Like Us Survive Is To Dream Of Ourselves As Something Else.” – Illyana, "The Witcher"

"Even the softest and sweetest heart was made by design for extreme battle" --- Bryant McGill,

"Ah, Harry, how often this happens, even between the greatest of friends! Each of believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute."
--- "The Half Blood Prince"

So, for obvious reasons I'm not Rowlings biggest fan, but this particular quote is something I keep in mind when there is conflict because many of us are friends or at least should be.

The last temptation is the greatest treason:
To do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Murder in the Cathedral, T.S. Elliot

This is one of my favorite Tolkien quotes. I always think about it when ever someone calls my favorite fandom into question.

"Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."

I was reminded of this at Anni. I only have two shawls but they are on prominent display and I never hesitate to explain their meaning should a guest ask.

"One of the first things they taught us at the academy was that symbols matter. Uniforms, flags, banners, even mascots. They're like pieces of your heart you can look at." --- Karl Agathon, "Battlestar Galactica"

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten". --- Neil Gaiman

“I don’t want to live the wrong life and die”
--- "Station Eleven"