“She considers that, then lays down a ten of stones. Her tone is contemplative and quiet. “I don’t think I can keep hating you.” “Such sweet words of affection, my lady.” I play a ten of hearts. “You honor me.”
Source: A Curse So Dark and Lonely
“The fear of the true intentions of others pushes us towards the path of loneliness.”
“Antes bien, debemos odiarnos a nosotros mismos, por no ser dignos aun de tener ley”
Source: The Great Wall of China and other Stories
“Oh, how comely its clothed vices
Best performing spin-doctors leads and devices
With devious fables slicing golden knights
Deafening all golden pleas for betterment with golden coins
Where the highest payers echoes sevenfold the others”
Source: 13 Days of Solitude: Thoughts beyond Words
“I am really no different
Because I mince out dialects foreign to your old gods
And stood a thousand bloodline away from your fores
I am really no different”
Source: 13 Days of Solitude: Thoughts beyond Words
“Don't waste your time and energy in hating anyone. Just move on. You are better than that person.”
“See how efficient it still is,
how it keeps itself in shape--
our century's hatred.
How easily it vaults the tallest obstacles.
How rapidly it pounces, tracks us down.”
Source: View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
“One religion or another--
whatever gets it ready, in position.
One fatherland or another--
whatever helps it get a running start.
Justice also works well at the outset
until hate gets its own momentum going.
Hatred. Hatred.”
Source: View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
“Since when does brotherhood
draw crowds?
Has compassion
ever finished first?
Does doubt ever really rouse the rabble?
Only hatred has just what it takes.”
Source: View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
“Oz really isn’t so terrible, Judy. It’s just that our parents always ignored us, so he started going around with people who made him feel important. They were spreading hate and used him just as they used me.”
Source: Search for the Glowing Hand