“Beauty in this Iron Age must turn, From fluid living rainbow shapes to torn, And sootened fragments, ashes in an urn, On whose gray surface runes are traced by a Norn, Who hopes to wake the Future to arise, In Phoenix-fashion, and to shine with rays, To blast the sight of modern men whose dyes, Of selfishness and lust have stained our days...” MenAgeTurnsModernFashionShapesSightShiningSurfaceLustAriseSelfishnessIronGrayRaysAshesRainbowTornFragmentsFluidBlastPhoenixModern ManRunes Author:Philip Jose Farmer
“Burton, though an infidel, made it his business to investigate thoroughly every religion. Know a man's faith , and you knew at least half the man. Know his wife, and you knew the other half.” KnowsMenMadeHalfWifeHe ManMade ItOther HalfInfidel Book:Riverworld: Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat Source: Riverworld: Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat
“Burton sighed, laughed loudly, and said, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." Another fairy tale to give men hope . The old religions have been discredited although some refuse to face even that fact so new ones must be invented.” MenGivingHas BeensSaidFactsFacesRefuseTalesFairyPlusLaughedFairy Tale Book:Riverworld: Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat Source: Riverworld: Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat
“Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural.” MenHumansArtNatureNaturalHuman BeingsImpossibleUnnatural Author:Philip Jose Farmer
“Yes, we hope to seed a new, rich earth. We hope to breed a race of men whose power Dwells in hearts as open as all Space Itself, who ask for nothing but the light That rinses the heart of hate so that the stars Above will be below when man has Love.” MenLifeHeartLightEarthHateAsksStarsSpaceRaceRichSeedsLove Life Author:Philip Jose Farmer
“It's a peculiarity of the Norwegian culture and of the English and American, too, that men are not supposed to cry. Stiff upper lip and all that. But the Vikings cried like women in public or privately. They soaked their beards with tears and were not one bit ashamed about it. Yet, they were as quick to draw their swords as they were to shed tears. So, what's all this crap about men having to hold in their sorrow and grief and disappointment?” MenCultureBitsGriefCryTearsSorrowDrawsLipsDisappointmentAshamedCriedShedCrapBeardVikingsNorwegiansStiff Upper Lip Author:Philip Jose Farmer
“By this he meant that all events, therefore, all men, are interconnected in an unbreakable web. What man does, no matter how seemingly insignificant, vibrates through the strands and affects every man.” MenDoeMatterEventsChaosEvery ManInsignificantStrandsInterconnectedVibrateUnbreakable Author:Philip Jose Farmer
