Rotterman Quotes

All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; ~ Lao-Tzu

You asked if I was okay. I'll say I'm okay but really, inside it takes everything that I can do, to not scream and cry. ~ Serenity Lillibridge

It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk. ~ Nina Simone

But is that what life is like for everyone? Can a person truly make a life of their own, or can they only continue the culture into which they are born? ~ Scott Sigler

Exposure to nature - cold, heat, water - is the most dehumanizing way to die. Violence is passionate and real - the final moments as you struggle for your life, firing a gun or wrestling a mugger or screaming for help, your heart pumps loudly and your body tingles with energy; you are alert and awake and, for that brief moment, more alive and human than you've ever been before. Not so with nature.
At the mercy of the elements the opposite happens: your body slows, your thoughts grow sluggish, and you realize just how mechanical you really are. Your body is a machine, full of tubes and valves and motors, of electrical signals and hydraulic pumps, and they function properly only within a certain range of conditions. As temperatures drop, your machine breaks down. Cells begin to freeze and shatter; muscles use more energy to do less; blood flows too slowly, and to the wrong places. Your sense fade, your core temperature plummets, and your brain fires random signals that your body is too weak to interpret or follow. In that stat you are no longer a human being, you are a malfunction - an engine without oil, grinding itself to pieces in its last futile effort to complete its last meaningless task. ~ Dan Wells

You may want the alpha, but the alpha has his pick. ~ Donna Lynn Hope