“All of history, a great wheel, turning inexorably. Just as seasons come and go, just as the moon moves endlessly through her cycle, so does time. The same wars are fought, the same plagues descend, the same folk, good or evil, rise to power. Humanity is trapped on that wheel, doomed endlessly to repeat the mistakes we have we have already made. Unless someone comes to change it.”
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“I dread to think of a society devoid of love, compassion and humanity.”
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
“The more inhuman we became the more we understood each other as humans.”