"And but one word with one of us? couple it with something; make it a word and a blow."
-Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet
"There seems little point in practicing magic unless you want to do at least a few extraordinary things with this incarnation."
-Peter J Carroll,
The Octavo
Like “love,” “hope” is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer.
-Harry Dresden,
Turn Coat
The starry-eyed idealists of today have submerged their critical faculties beneath a tidal wave of slop marketed by those old hippies who now sell a user-friendly dilution of their original enlightenment.
-Peter J Caroll,
Psybermagick
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
-Helena,
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Behind the clock back there you know At the four winds bar
-Blue Öyster Cult, Astronomy
"Offering's a complicated business."
-Jake Stratton-Kent
"Another related point is that theological eclecticism to the tune of replacing this structure with pagan deities so it appeals to personal taste does the ritualist no favours as it undermines their ability to leverage a power dynamic that is better understood and has been employed countless times."
-Julio Cesar Ody,
Magister Officiorum
"Only fluffy bunnies need apply."
-Jake Stratton-Kent
"If you want the win, stay civil and stand in your invincibility."
I don't know that I can wait 'til tomorrow to taste those lips again. Its but a few more hours to wait -- it seems the minutes will never end, before I can get your body next to mine; 'til your hips are under mine. Look up at me with those storm cloud eyes, smile at me and ask me to kiss those lips, ask for more and it will be yours.
(with thanks to reywD for letting me steal his album title repeatedly)
Kindle a flame on this longest night not to hold back the dark and the cold but to rejoice in the rebirth of the infant sun. Today the King is born, again. Long live the King. Sol Invictus
I have had a recurring dream: you are asleep safe in my arms, simply brothers and nothing else. To hell with the swordsman's advice; to the wall for you is where I'd go and I want you to know.
