“Sometimes we must leave our true homes for something greater to come.” LifePhilosophyHomeJourneyQuestEldoraAizai The Forgotten Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“The velvet tapestry of the night curved from horizon to horizon, flecked with thousands of tiny stars. There seemed all the more of them, for as well as filling the sky, they shimmered in an elegant ballet on the waves, the sea itself giving them life.” NightStarsSpaceScenePoetic Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“Hmmm!” directed to Fai. “Is there such thing as an answer, Fai?” he asked, though by his tone, Wolfdon could tell he knew the answer to that, if it were possible. “I would not know, Godric,” Fai replied, a bit more solemn than Godric and Cheng. “For knowing thus, the question would be answered, but without, there is neither subjectivity nor objectivity, just truth from above lisped through our uncouth tongues. Truth, there is. Answers, I cannot say.” TruthAnswersRiddlePhilosophersFaiGodric Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“Eldora smiled up at Paulo cunningly, her dark eyes twinkling. “You are old, Father.” “Not as old as I shall be, before I have finished with the universe.” UniversePhilosopherOld AgePerseverenceFather DaughterPauloEldora Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“You seem to be in a state of such absolute contradiction that I would not be surprised if your face tore in half.” PhilosopherContradictionPauloFacial Expressions Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“Although one may direct the future or past through the onerous linkages of temporal cause and effect, riding the breaking waves of the present and never once overstepping it, the better way is to go there and do it yourself.” PhilosophyPastAdventureFutureTime TravelCause And EffectPaulo Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“There is a present because it works with my theories. If you find a better one than mine, then I may reconsider, but for the sake of the universe—and oh, how we philosophers make the universe weep—there is a present, and it is the time you just left.” PhilosophyUniverseTime TravelPresentPhilosophersPaulo Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“No, I do not believe in fate, that some spirits of the heavens weave the laws of the world to make it so. That is dogma for the foolish, for the universe is quite able to deal with such matters herself, to use her natural laws to guide matter and the spirits. Even so, souls within the world can act to naturally shift the cause of events. Magister Brennark did say that ‘Nothing happens unless we make it so.’ I believe you have made it so, Wolfdon, and how foolish it would be for us to ignore an opportunity that you yourself established, whether you knew you were doing so or not.” PhilosophyNatureFantasyFateSpiritsPauloAizai Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“Ah, Toulouse, you have travelled too much. You know the gods of a hundred lands, those of the trees and mountains, the sky and sea, the stars and planets, of demons and angels, and even the Master of the Cosmos. But I am speaking of God. There are others, I’m sure, but only one God who created even great Zeus and Rama. Yet travel is like philosophy: a few years of it will perk the eye to differences, which you shall be able to notice with ease. Yet living as I have, travelling to lonely lands and through a thousand metropolises and hidden woods, you rather see the similarities. All becomes one, and God too becomes one. Not the sum of all those gods here, but beyond them, a being few philosophers have truly grasped. He has always been one, but he is severed in our minds. So it is up to us to piece him back together. If our souls possess a clarity beyond what our mortal nature can bestow, we shall see him.” InspirationalPhilosophyGodReligionTravelWanderRamaOneZeusToulouseKristeurThe Soul Wanderers Book:Wrestling with Gods Source: Wrestling with Gods
“I knew your plan before you made it,” Eldora proclaimed, tossing her Wert from hand to hand… “You are somewhat of a mystery, one of Shakespeare’s cryptic sonnets, I reckon, but some lines are rather…obvious. You would be a terrible king.” MysterySonnetShakespeareKingFacial ExpressionsEldoraAizaiSentry Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“Her voice was soft and numinous, as befitted any Aizian singer, yet it was not just bells and melody. There was something else in her tune, a strand of solemnity that no Aizian could possess, for it yearned for something far away, whereas Aizians needed only open their eyes to behold the greatest wonders. Yes, she was in Aizai now, but she hadn’t always been, and for how much longer was impossible to say.” WonderMusicFantasyMelancholyFar AwayEldoraAizai Book:Aizai the Forgotten Source: Aizai the Forgotten