“A bright gray sky woke me, sunlight diffused through high thin clouds. That, and the extraordinarily cheerful sound of some bird I did not know and wanted to strangle.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“love no one until you can love yourself, for love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“It’s often hard to consider the future when you are struggling with the present,” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“Too often, no matter what simpering savants say, there is no real choice. Not if life is to have meaning.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“some people learned only from what they experienced personally.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality. — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“one of the ways to be successful in war is to make your enemies make all the gallant but useless sacrifices…” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“...there being a god, that god must be worshiped. Worship means raising the god above the individual, and liturgies often make the point that… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
