Quotes From "Fragments" By Heraclitus

Time is a game played beautifully by children. Heraclitus

One thunderbolt strikesroot through everything Heraclitus

Character is destiny Heraclitus

Many who have learnedfrom Hesiod the countless namesof gods and monstersnever understandthat night and day are one Heraclitus

Always having what we wantmay not be the best good fortune Health seems sweetestafter sickness, foodin hunger, goodnessin the wake of evil, and at the endof daylong labor sleep. Heraclitus

Evil gains work their punishment. Sophocles

It's just one thing after another. Cars that won't run. Planes that will never fly again. Computer systems we can barely use, let alone re-create. It's like...time is flowing backward. We're caveman archeologists in the ruins of the future. Dan Wells

Walking into my room, I turned and caught his gaze, “But you’re good at walking away, so you obviously haven’t changed.” Pointing to my chin, I indicated, “Except this, ” meaning his goatee, “this is new, but you being an asshole, yep- still there. Oh well.” I took a step back and flicked the door, slamming it. -Trice M.R. Field

I’d rather know how you feel than hope and wonder and delude myself for weeks on end… Dan Wells

Facts are too busy being true to worry about how you feel about them. Dan Wells

It's easier to fall back into the same old patterns of hate and retribution, because at least then we're doing something. Dan Wells

I've been watching you ever since you came into town, and you never gave a single sign that you were interested in her. That's why I made a move. If I couldn't tell, neither can she."" I'm very bad at co Dan Wells

Manhattan was a no-man's land, empty, an unofficial demilitarized zone between Partials and the human survivors. No one was supposed to be here, not because it was forbidden but because it was dangerous. If something happened to you out here, either side could get you, and neither side could protect you. Dan Wells

Give me one manfrom among ten thousandif he is the best Heraclitus

The books in the library were old, rotted, and there was no one left in the world to read them, but Kira made sure that none of them went into the fire. It seemed wrong. Dan Wells

Humanity will destroy itself, body and soul, before it will learn a simple lesson. Dan Wells

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Dan Wells

The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna) Heraclitus

Aion is a child at play, playing draughts; the kingship is a child's. Heraclitus

Stupidity is doomed, therefore, to cringeat every syllableof wisdom. Heraclitus

They buried him in dirt that smelled like broken batteries, and crouched in a fiberglass shed while the acid rain poured down to dissolve his flesh and bleach his bones. Dan Wells

If they are gods, why do you lament them? If you lament them, you must no longer regard them as gods. Heraclitus

It's not enough, is it? Just to follow; just to have faith in someone bigger and smarter and better informed. That's how we're built, that's how every Partial is wired - to follow orders and trust in our leaders - but it's not enough. It never has been. We've followed our leaders, and sometimes they win and sometimes they lose; we do what they say and we play our part. But this is our decision. Our mission. And when we're done, it will be our victory, or our defeat. I don't want to fail, but if I do, I want to be able to look back and say, 'I did that. I failed. That was all me. . Dan Wells

Applicants for wisdomdo what I have done:inquire within Heraclitus