Odd apocalypse Quotes

“...your life is yours to shape as you wish with free will...”

“I am learning my way toward something that will make sense of my life, and I learn by going where I have to go, with whatever companions I am graced.”

“On a small table beside his chair were other haphazardly stacked volumes by such poets as Emerson, Whitman, and Wallace Stevens, a dangerous crew to let into your head.”

“Quick now, here, now, always, as if we are in a condition of complete simplicity...”

“What we fear too much we often bring to pass.”

“...up to no good—and pleased about it.”

“Ambition and stupidity are a dangerous combination.”

“To spare Cloyce's victims further indignities to their memory, I must be a scourge. To prevent others from perhaps being infected by Cloyce's depravity by watching him at work, I must be a scourge. To prevent time management technology from falling into the hands of authorities who, if not already corrupt, would be corrupted by it, I must be a scourge.Scourges aren't heroes.I had never imagined myself to be a hero, but never had I imagined I would be this.Scourges transgress against social and sacred order.A scourge went into darker territory than that. A scourge was not compelled to kill by mental imbalance or emotional confusion or selfish desire. A scourge made a carefully reasoned decision to kill in numbers that exceeded what was absolutely necessary to ensure self-preservation and the defense of the innocent. Even if he killed for the right reason, he was in rebellion against social order and commanding authority.Who scourges will be scourged. In fulfilling this dark role in Roseland, I would bring about my own death.Yet I knew I would not retreat from my decision.”

“I am amazed that there are still nights when I sleep well.”