“I have said so many times to many people on the spiritual path, 'You must be strong in yourself to help others. People who are in the emotional sea need someone who can pull them out, not someone who gets in with them and gets dragged away by the tidal wave of human emotions. We have to become emotional lifeguards.”
Gordon Smith“We take our kids for physical vaccinations, dental exams, eye checkups. When do we think to take our - our son or daughter for a mental health checkup?”
Gordon Smith“I have said so many times to many people on the spiritual path, 'You must be strong in yourself to help others. People who are in the emotional sea need someone who can pull them out, not someone who gets in with them and gets dragged away by the tidal wave of human emotions. We have to become emotional lifeguards.”
Gordon Smith“I guess a little bit hero is enough. A little bit hero is all anyone really needs to be.”
Alexander Gordon Smith“As soon as reality breaks, as soon as we're separated from the phsical world, the cracks begin to appear in our minds. And through them seeps the madness that has always been there, flowing into your skull like a liquid nightmare ..”
Alexander Gordon Smith“Hope-that unshakable golden belief that things can get better- is why I'm here talking to you now. Without it, we are nothing.”
Alexander Gordon Smith“Yeah, save the idiots in government, definitely a priority. He didn't say it out loud, though.”
Alexander Gordon Smith, The Fury“Hope. It is the most important thing in the world. I believe that now more than ever. Hope is what saved my life, hope is what gave me the courage and the strength to carry on. Hope – that unshakable, golden belief that things can get better.”
Alexander Gordon Smith, Execution“You don't have to be perfect to be good. You can do bad things and still be a good person.”
Alexander Gordon Smith, Execution“This thing was what existed before life, before the first stars, before the big bang. It was the emptiness before the universe, and the emptiness that would follow.”
Alexander Gordon Smith, The Fury“And what could the darkness be, other than humanity? This crushing, heavy mass of people who had no legitimate right to life. How many souls lived on earth now? Six billion? Seven? All of them like insects, crawling around on their hands and knees or slaughtering one another in pursuit of scraps. They were ignorant, they were cruel, they were the night that smothered the day. They did not deserve their existence.”
Alexander Gordon Smith, The Fury