"Tis within ourselves that we are thus or thus"

-- William Shakespeare

“In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is not full authority for laws but rather full authority for a man who understands the art of kingship and has kingly ability.”
“The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”

Source : Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.69, Macmillan
“That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion.”

Source : Speech to National Housing and Town Planning Conference in Bournemouth, October 28, 1986.
“I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.”
“Beliefs are the determinants of what one experiences. There are no external 'causes.'”
“I go to see grand prix every year, and I watch every race on TV for sure. I probably go to three or four CART races and three or four Formula One races.”
“No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal.”

Source : Thomas Ligotti (2009). “Teatro Grottesco”, p.163, Random House
“He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near the track's end of pure insanity; mulish imperturbability under the wildest of circumstances; how dead a human being can get and still be alive . . .”

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