“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.”
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”
“You are not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
“Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.”
“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.”
“All this happened, more or less.”