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Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide.
Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine
  1. didn't work,
  2. didn't do what the expensive advertisement said,
  3. electrocuted the immediate neighbourhood,
  4. and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you opened it,
this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser should consider himself lucky to beallowed to give his money to the manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches.
Crowley had been extremely impressed with the warranties offered by the computer industry, and had in fact sent a bundle Below to the department that drew up the Immortal Soul agreements, with a yellow memo form attached just saying: "Learn, guys." -- Crowley is a demon, in case you don't know 
God does not play dice with the universe: He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinites stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.

Terry Pratchett - Soul Music

There are the people of the day, and the creatures of the night. And it's important to remember that the creatures of the night aren't simply the people of the day staying up late because they think that makes them cool and interesting. It takes a lot more than heavy mascara and a pale complexion to cross the divide.

Neil Gaiman -Death, The High Cost of Living.

July.
My name is Sexton Furnival, but I'm pretty much used to it by now, and this is the last thing I'm ever going to write.
This is because there's no point to anything, and I've thought about this hard and long. Okay. I figure I'm mature. I know my own mind. I'm sixteen -almost sixteen and a half. And what have I got to show for it?

For a start I don't have anybody I'm in love with.

To be honest, I think love is complete bullshit. I don't think anyone ever loves anyone. I think the best people ever get is horny; horny and scared so when they find someone who makes them horny, and they get too scared of the world outside, they stay together and they call it love.
Second, I don't have anyone I hate.
I mean, I know a hell of a lot of assholes. But that's all they are. Assholes.

There's no one I know who's evil. I mean, In books and movies you know immediately who the bad guy is because, well, he's bad. And you've got the good guy and it doesn't matter what he goes through, he knows who the bad guy is.

And I don't even have a faithful sidekick.

Well, you may not think this stuff is very interesting or a reason to end it all, or anything but you're wrong.
Well maybe not wrong about it not being interesting, but you're wrong about it not being a good reason for checking out early.
I mean there's no point to anything.
And if there's no point, you might as well be dead.
It's not as if anybody's going to give two shits.

So, what were you doing on the garbage dump then?
Breathing.
Breathing?
Uh-huh. Breathing. You?
I was thinking.
Anything in particular?
Just that I don't want to live in the same world as the World Wrestling Federation and the HomeShopping Network.
Cute. Down this way.
MMMM.
Sexton, is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs? or is it some kind of a bonus?
You looking for someone?
Yeah. The girl I came here with.
Oh. What's your name?
Sexton.
Neat name.
Not really.
Uh. Is your hair really that color
Sweet child. Nobody's hair is really this color.
Don't call me that.
Well, How old are you?
Sixteen. You?
A woman's age is her own affair. And what are you going to be when you grow up, sweet child?
Dead.
Ah, live fast, love hard, leave a beautiful corpse.
Not really. More live dull, and think, why bother, and leave a note saying goodbye.
Hm. Do you mean that?
Sure.
You really are a child. You know, ennui is insufficient reason to commit suicide.
There's no door handle
Forget that and come over here. I think Theo's badly hurt.
That's a problem? I think anybody who says "NOT" at the end of a sentence deserves to be badly hurt.
What time is it?
Breakfast time on a most excellent summer's day. You know what we need?
I have no idea what you think I need. You need subtitles. Or some kind of instruction manual.
We need breakfast. In here.

Kevin Smith - Chasing Amy

  • Banky: Archie, all right? Archie and the Rivierdale gang were a pure and fun-lovin' bunch. You can't find dysfunction in those comics, because they were just flat out wholesome.
  • Hooper: Archie and Jughead were lovers.
  • Banky: Shut the fuck up.
  • Hooper: It's true. Archie was the bitch and Jughead was the butch- that's why Jughead wears that crown-looking hat all the time:he's the king of queen Archie's world.
  • Banky: Man, I feel a hate crime coming on.
  • Holden: He has a point. Archie never did settle on Betty or Veronica.
  • Banky: Beacause he wanted them both at the same time, you assholes! He never chose one because he was trying to get both of them into a three-way.

    Calvin & Hobbes!

    Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. 
    Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words. 
    You know what we need, Hobbes? We need an attitude. 
    Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend. 
    Another genius foiled by an incapable assistant. 
    Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him? 
    It is man's indomitable nature to scare himself silly for no good reason! 
    This is so cool I have to go to the bathroom.

    U2

    Religion is a club 
    Change starts within our hearts

    New Order

    I've seen what a man can do. I've seen all the hate of a woman too.

    Sarah McLachlan

    I believe this is heaven to no one else but me.. And I'll defend it long as I can be left here to linger in silence if I choose to wouldn't try to understand.. -Elsewhere

    The Smiths

    But don't forget the songs that made you cry
    And the songs that saved your life
    Yes you're older now
    And you're a clever swine
    But they were the only ones who ever stood by you -Rubber Ring

    Smitty Quotes

    ~Berlin 85'-"Ok, if anyone else is thinking of throwing something at me, could you please raise your hand now so I can jump down into the crowd and punch your fucking teeth in...this is Kyoto Song..."~
    ~"Ah, the lipstick. I don't put it on properly because people would think I was doing it for reasons of vanity whereas I do it for reasons of theatricality. I used to wear it when we did Pornography, I used to wear red lipstick all round my eyes and all round my mouth, so that when we were on stage, I'd sweat and it'd all run so it would look like someone had punched me in the mouth and my eyes were bleeding. I had to stop it though because my eyesight started to suffer. I kept the lipstick because it's so out of character for me to do something like that. "~

    The Mission

    Climbing up to heaven just to piss on the stars -Damaged

    The Tale of Sleepy Hollow -Irwin Washington

    ..But it is meet I should, in the true spirit of romantic story, give some account of the looks and equipments of my hero and his steed. The animal he bestrode was a broken-down plow-horse, that had outlived almost everything but its viciousness...

    Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics

      A robot may not cause harm to humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
    1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
    2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
    3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

    Random

    A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad, mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. - Jean "Iris" Murdoch, Irish-born writer
    La vie humaine commence de l'autre côté du désespoir.
    [Human life begins on the other side of despair.] - Jean-Paul Sartre, "Les Mouches", III:2
    Farewell we call to hearth and hall! Though wind may blow and rain may fall. We must away ere the break of day. Far over wood and mountain tall. - J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
    Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. - Sir Francis Bacon
    We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later, this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. - Carl Sagan
    This is what I believe: That I am I That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back. That I must have the courage to let them come and go. That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women. There is my creed. - D.H. Lawrence
    Information wants to be $1.99
    Think for yourself and let others enjoy the priviledge of doing so too. - Voltaire
    Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. - Albert Einstein
    If you're up against someone more intelligent than you are, do something totally insane and let him think himself to death. -Pyanfar Chanur 
    A gOD may be ok with me. It's the fan club I despise. 
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. - Albert Einstein
    "Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself."-Friedrich Nietzsche
    I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. - Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
    May you be blessed with the strength of heaven, The light of the sun and the radiance of the moon, The splendor of fire, The speed of lightning, The swiftness of wind, The depth of the sea, The stability of earth and the firmness of rock. -From the breastplate of Saint Patrick.
    "I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance." - George Balanchine (1903-1983) Russian-born U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer
    "Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you." - Gustav Holst (1874-1934) British composer
    "A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be." - Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) U.S. psychologist

    [JC]2, Captain Logic.

    Let us be trascendental, for a change.
    Life, the ultimate dying journey.
    Like a bitter immortal, cursed to fall in love ever with whores. 
    Sickening, like beasts reverting to men in a power struggle. 
    Time does not so much fly as metamorphose into an even split of experience and memories.
    My ego would develop but my id keeps threatening to influence it with a large mallet.
    In one fluid motion, it all ends today.
    The flashes of brilliance should always be a memory away
    Sometimes, it seems as though only through suffering we are really alive. 10/27/2000
    "The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly."
           -- Corra Harris, author