Drifting somewhere in the vast

"Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them, cheer them, scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them how to hold on a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady, and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams." ~May Parker, Spiderman 2

"That’s the thing about Hogwarts—no matter how long you’re away from it, well, there’s always a way back."

Days of Summer, A Very Potter Sequel

We got these days of summer to,
remind us of each other!

The time we have to spend apart,
Will keep us in each others hearts!

I'm hoping that the good old days
are something that I will dream about at night.

Don't matter if it's soon or later,
I know that it's gonna be alright!

I don't wanna see you go,
But it's not forever,
Not forever!

Even if it was you know,
That I would never let it get me down!
You're the part of me,
That makes me better,
Wherever I go!

So I will try,
Not to cry,
No one needs to say goodbye!

"Come ... dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly.

Come, dry your eyes ... And let's go home."

~ Watchmen

"Bibliothèque Nationale. Ich sitze und lese einen Dichter. Es sind viele Leute im Saal, aber man spürt sie nicht. Sie sind in den Büchern. Manchmal bewegen sie sich in den Blättern, wie Menschen, die schlafen und sich umwenden zwischen zwei Träumen."
— Rainer Maria Rilke

♥

It's way too early and I know I'm supposed to be on hiatus, but I have to wait till nine o'clock until the lecture starts / the lecture has started now, but it's so frustratingly boring.
So let me just drop a few quotes of a chapter that quite made my morning. Short info: the book is a prequel to the Dragon Age game and tells the story of King Maric, his outlaw friend Loghain and Rowan (to whom Maric is betrothed). Together with their rebel army, they try to free Ferelden of the Orlesian reign. The book is not an epiphany considering narration or style, but it's good in a solid way. And it's a great way to get to know the characters a bit more. (To think that I really, really hated Loghain before I started the book, and now he's one of my favourite characters in the DAO universe ...)

( (b)romance ahead <3 )

Dawwww.<3 Consider this shipped and slashed. XD

"Oh, yes!" said a lady who was standing close by. She wore a gown the colour of storms, shadows and rain and a necklace of broken promises and regrets.

*

"I could move the city!" said Strange. "I could move Brussels! I could put it somewhere where the French will not find it."
"Put it where?" cried Hadley-Bright, grabbing Strange's hands and forcing them down again. "We are surrounded by armies. Our own armies! If you move Brussels you are liable to crush some of our own regiments under the buildings and the paving stones. The Duke will not be pleased. He needs every man."
Strange thought some more. "I have it!" he cried.
A sort of breeze rushed by. [...]
"Where are we?" asked Hadley-Bright.
"America," said Strange. And then by way of an explanation he added, "It always looks so empty on the maps."

*

"Waterloo? What a ridiculously odd name!" said Strange.
"It is odd, is it not? I could not find it on the map."
"Oh!" said Strange. "This was continually happening in Spain! No doubt the fellow who told you got the name wrong. Depend upon it, there is no such place as Waterloo!"

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke

... am obsessing over lately:

Transformers. Leik whoa. A fandom full of crack (and it's so hard to find good fic *whines*). We're even playing a P&P RPG about it and it's so. Much. Fun.

Major Lennox. *squees* And Lennox and Optimus Prime together. Unfortunately, I still haven't got around to finish my fic about them.

Megan Fox. The sexiest, most edible human being on earth. *melts into a puddle of incoherence*

The Spirit of Man and Eve of the War from the War of the Worlds Musical. Don't ask. I don't even know. I saw the DVD in my vacation and it just got stuck in my head.

Harry Potter. Again. First love, last love, eh? ^^

The Little Prince. I don't need a reason for this one. It's wonderful.

... thought were relevant to me:

Wie ein Fantasy-Spaß zum "Killerspiel" gemacht wurde
Von Thomas Hillenbrand, Spiegel.de
Wenn Teenager in Gewaltverbrechen verwickelt sind, sucht man die Ursache gern im Konsum von Computerspielen. Ein ähnliches Phänomen war vor 30 Jahren die Kontroverse um "Dungeons & Dragons". Damals geriet das Fantasy-Rollenspiel in Verdacht, für Todesfälle verantwortlich zu sein.

For several reasons, this quote: "Any scientist will tell you that the chances of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten." ~Terry Pratchett ♥

I looked at Bones and it was almost as if scales dropped from my eyes, because suddenly I did see him. Those high cheekbones, dark brows framing eyes turned to emerald, a curving mouth, straight nose, and etched jawline. Crystal skin stretched over those features and tightly wrapped around a lean, rippled frame. His elegant hands and their long, tapered fingers. My God, he was beautiful. Absolutely, incredibly beautiful, and now that I'd finally allowed myself to notice, I couldn't stop staring. ["Halfway to the Grave", Jeaniene Frost]

I really, really like this book, but some parts just read as if written by Stephenie Meyer. Why, WHY do all vampires have to look like demigods? They, too, were once normal human people. Becoming undead isn't like plastic surgery, for chrissake. *is amused*

Then again, it's the protagonist's love interest, so this is probably more due to her slightly Sue-ish character. XDDD

True friends stab you in the front.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Do not speak ill of society, Algie. Only people who can't get in do that.
("The Importance of Being Earnest")

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Act I)

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
("The Soul of Man under Socialism")

And I don't think I have to. Rest in peace, Heath.

“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”

Pope Paul VI (Yes, a pope said something good. I was suprised, too.)