“Any serious social encounter with knives has one main goal: to stop the action. Beyond that, you have a little flexibility: to kill, or merely get away, or what have you. But first comes the cessation of hostilities.
There are many ways to handle this. You can run, shoot, call the cops, or even try to organize a discussion group to talk the problem out. But I’m talking knives, so I’ll limit myself to that.
All wounds are painful and pain is a great tool for stopping fights. So is the loss of use of various parts of the body. Therefore, it follows that although we wish to inflict any wound we can, the more painful it is, the better.”
Source: Hank Reinhardt's Book of Knives: A Practical and Illustrated Guide to Knife Fighting
“If you are ever so unlucky as to get close to a real knife fight, it would be useful to keep one fact in mind above all others: the real knife fighter does not wish to engage in a fight.
He doesn’t care who is best with a knife. He only wants to cut you. He will then do anything he can to take you by surprise, attack, and finish you off before you can fight back.”
Source: Hank Reinhardt's Book of Knives: A Practical and Illustrated Guide to Knife Fighting
“Memang kini aku sedih karena gagal. Tapi aku akan banyak makan, banyak tidur, dan ceria lagi. Aku akan mencobanya lagi, tak peduli berapa kali”
Source: アリア 10
“I mean, it's true, though. There's no value in being ordinary. The law of scarcity applies to way more than just economics. Rare, life-changing experiences are worth exponentially more than your average day-to-day. I'd much rather live a short, fulfilling life than a long and boring one.”
Source: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
“Death comes for us all in the end, and we kind of just have to accept that in order to cope through life until we ultimately kick the bucket ourselves. Not like denying the human condition will keep the reaper at bay, after all. Then once you're gone, any traces of you ever having been alive will slowly fade away and be swallowed by the sands of time. With very, very few exceptions, every single person alive today will be long forgotten even just 200 years from now. That's what my grandfather's death made me realize.”
Source: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
“It's pretty distressing, don't you think> The thought of dying and leaving nothing behind. The world not changing one iota from your having been in it. Makes you wonder what the point of even living in the first place is, you know. Like, why are we even here? Why bother putting in all the effort to live if only to suffer and die and be forgotten? That's what makes the thought of being ordinary so terrifying to me. That's why I'm determined to be someone. Someone who'll be remembered. Who'll actually leave an unforgettable mark on this world. Someone extraordinary.”
Source: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
“Why bother putting in all the effort to live if only to suffer and die and be forgotten?”
Source: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
“No one knows how to be normal, Jim. We’re all just trying our best. Sometimes we don’t have to think about it and other times it’s like running after a bus that’s already halfway down the street.”
Source: Perfect
“To them, as to Magnus, time was like rain, glittering as it fell, changing the world, but something that could also be taken for granted.”
Source: The Bane Chronicles
“Normal" is all about perception. I mean, isn't "normal" what the majority of people do?”
Source: Normalish