Believe Quote by Paul Eldridge

“The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the great races…

— Bram Stoker

We have strayed from the Immortal's ways And worship with a dull and senseless mind Idols, the workmanship of our own hands, And images…

— Justin Martyr

After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old age and…

— Friedrich Muller

There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country…

— John Brown

“One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We…

— Okakura Kakuzo

Every time one leaves anywhere, something precious, which ought not to be killed, is left to die.

— Katherine Mansfield

“It is a strange thing how quickly our bodies die. How fragile a force our presence is. In an instant the soul is gone…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes…

— William Shakespeare

Even in this place one can survive, and therefore one must want to survive, to tell the story, to bear witness; and that to…

— Primo Levi

“When the hanging's done and the embers at the buring stake are grayed and cold, the conquered bodies of martyrs become the unconquerable ideas”

— Nelson Peery

In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and…

— Anonymous

“Within the hierarchy of fabrications that compose our lives—families, countries, gods—the self incontestably ranks highest. Just below the self is the family, which has…

— Thomas Ligotti