Tradition is the crown of the tyrant. - Pierce Brown

Only humanity could grasp the stars and then let them slip through its fingers for the pettiness in its heart.

How can I feel so melancholy for so terrible a past? Maybe it's just the nature of us, ever wishing for things that were and could be rather than things that are and will be.

Is a man a coward if he realizes that bravery is just a myth the old tell the young so they line up for the meatgrinder?