Andromeda Quotes
Andromeda Quotes
"Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it;
those who fail to learn history correctly -- why, they are
simply doomed."
ACHEM DRO'HM
"Here's everything I know about war: somebody wins,
somebody loses, and nothing is ever the same again."
ADMIRAL CONSTANZA STARK
"Democracy may only be a few steps removed from
anarchy, but at least it's not as loud."
CROWNED IN STARLIGHT, Than Hegemon
"Humans say Hell is paved with good intentions. Why?
Do they think there's a shortage of bad ones?"
KARM'LUK P'AN KU
"Between birth and death lies desire,
Desire for life, for love, for everything good.
And this is the source of all suffering."
Outcast Consensus 17, Why Existence?
"The enemy of my enemy
is still my enemy."
DRAGO MUSEVENI
C.Y. 8427
"Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Which is a problem.
If you're powerless."
--DRAGO MUSEVENI, "Manifesto" CY 8433
The soul of the Nietzschean is this:
We are arrogant. We are vain.
We are manipulative. We are selfish.
And we love our children.
DRAGO MUSEVENI, "Primary Reflections" CY 8428
"Life? Life's pretty much a
knife-fight in a dirt-floored bar:
And if they get you down,
you best get back up."
--GUNNERY SERGEANT HYWELL CY'RABIA, C.Y. 4681
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR, "Last of The Lancers" --
AFC 32
"One head cannot contain all wisdom."
"The Olduvai Cycle"
Systems University Archives
We are not the masks we wear.
But if we don them, do we not become them?
KEOPS D'AO TSUMAI, "Fortunes" CY 9683
"With only two parents and a handful of siblings, is it any
wonder that humans are so obsessed with finding love?"
Fragment of a Than-Thre-Kull anthropology text
"We say atoms are bound by weak attractors. Why not
admit the truth: the Universe is held together by love."
MICHIO VON KERR, Wayist physicist
"If the Commonwealth's High Guard had a weakness, it
was this: It's officers were too competent, too caring,
and too brave."
YIN MAN-WEI
"Some scholars argue that the Commonwealth might
have fallen even without Nietzschean treachery. In one
breath, they underestimate both the Nietzscheans and
the Commonwealth."
YIN MAN-WEI
"Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it;
those who fail to learn history correctly -- why, they are
simply doomed."
ACHEM DRO'HM
"Here's everything I know about war: somebody wins,
somebody loses, and nothing is ever the same again."
ADMIRAL CONSTANZA STARK
"Machiavelli's ideas are basically sound ones for the
Nietzschean People. Unfortunately, he was an optimist."
CEREBUS KHMER
"The heavens burned, the stars cried out,
And under the ashes of infinity,
Hope, scarred and bleeding, breathed its last."
Ulatempa Poetess
"Many say living in the way is difficult. Is sleeping
difficult? Is waking?"
Serenity Vikram Singh Khalsa
"We say atoms are bound by weak attractors. Why not
admit the truth: the Universe is held together by love."
MICHIO VON KERR, Wayist physicist
"The truest measure of a society is how it treats its elderly,
its pets, and its prisoners."
Keeper of the Way Vision of Faith VII
"Democracy may only be a few steps removed from
anarchy, but at least it's not as loud."
CROWNED IN STARLIGHT, Than Hegemon
"With only two parents and a handful of siblings, is it any
wonder that humans are so obsessed with finding love?"
Fragment of a Than-Thre-Kull anthropology text
"If hope is the engine of the soul, Then duty is the
navigator... And love is the fuel."
High Guard Supreme Commander, Sani nax Rifati
"One head cannot contain all wisdom."
"The Olduvai Cycle"
Systems University Archives
"Humans say Hell is paved with good intentions. Why?
Do they think there's a shortage of bad ones?"
Karm'Luk P'an Ku
"Between birth and death lies desire,
Desire for life, for love, for everything good.
And this is the source of all suffering."
Outcast Consensus 17, Why Existence?
"Only those born guilty Recognize
Innocence for what it Is:
The rarest thing in the Universe,
And the most Precious."
THE ANOINTED, The Finder of The Way
C.Y. 9799
"The enemy of my enemy
is still my enemy."
Drago Museveni
C.Y. 8427
"You ask why we give our Ships'
Computers normal Emotions?
Do you really want a Warship
Incapable of Loyalty?
Or of Love?"
The Unshattered Allegiance,
High Guard Frigate
Artificial Intelligence Rights Activist,
C.Y. 7309
"Come bitter Rain,
And wash from my Heart
That saddest of all Words:
Home"
Ulatempa Poetess, "Song of My Exile"
C.Y. 9825
"Screams of a billion murdered Stars
Give lie to the night's Peace,
While we cling in desperation to the Few
Fragile spinning stones we call Worlds"
Wayfinder First Order Hasturi
aka "The Mad Perseid"
217 AFC
The soul is larger than the sky
Deeper than the ocean, or the abysmal dark
Of the unfathomed center.
-- Enoch Vere de Vere,
"Lamentations Sous-terre", CY 9734
"Love? Truth? Beauty? I prefer negotiable securities."
--DOGE MISKICH VAR MISKICH, "All About Me" 301
AFC
We are not the masks we wear.
But if we don them, do we not become them?
Keops D'ao Tsumai, "Fortunes" CY 9683
"Life? Life's pretty much a
knife-fight in a dirt-floored bar:
And if they get you down,
you best get back up."
--GUNNERY SERGEANT HYWELL CY'RABIA, C.Y. 4681
"Worlds governed by artificial intelligence
often learned a hard lesson: Logic Doesn't Care."
--YIN-MAN WEI, "This Present Darkness:
A History of the Interregnum", CY 11956
"Requested: One Mark V ECM unit, 1000 km of
Fullerene cable, one low-yield nuclear warhead.
"Purpose: Surprise party for foreign dignitary."
--Argosy Special Operations requisition form, C.Y. 9512
With their minuscule families, humans are often
forced to rely on a "state" or a "nation" for support.
They might as well dig their hives in sand.
- Fragment of a Than-thre-kull anthropology text,
approx CY 7956
"Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Which is a problem.
If you're powerless."
--Drago Museveni, "Manifesto" CY 8433
Here is the price of freedom:
Your every drop of courage,
ounce of pain, pint of blood.
Paid in advance.
--Sebastian Lee, "The Rising Tide" AFC 271
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR, "Last of The Lancers" --
AFC 32
I trust fast poison
The stars to wink out
And you, my love--and you.
--Lyric from "The Void,"
by Minstrel d'Becevex CY 9905
Blink and it's gone.
A moment, a breath,
A Dance of the Mayflies.
Just enough...For a Lifetime.
--ULATEMPA POETESS,
"Rhythms" CY 9825
The true quarry of any great adventurer
Is the undiscovered territory of their own soul.
--Lady Aenea Makros
"The Metaphysics of Motion" CY 6416
"Home is the sailor, home is the sea
And the hunter home from the hill"
--Fragment of Ancient Earth Text, c. CY 6800
"To venture in the Fair Unknown,
I must enter as I leave:
A traveler, alone."
Anonymous, CY 1917
Beneath knowing, understanding
Beneath understanding, seeing
Beneath seeing, recognizing
Beneath recognizing, knowing
Keeper of the Way, Vision of Faith -- CY 10003
"A soldier's first battlefield
is always his own mind."
Admiral Constanza Stark
CY 9762
Welcome twilight.
Welcome blackness.
Welcome inky night.
Only in darkness
can I see your soul.
Lost Verses of Krrendar,
CY 9542
Originally Posted by penrd
