Does the human heart know chasms so abysmal?
Alan Moore, Watchmen.
“Thermodynamic miracles... events with odds against so astronomical they're effectively impossible, like oxygen spontaneously becoming gold. I long to observe such a thing.And yet, in each human cou...”
“Real life is messy, inconsistent, and it's seldom when anything ever really gets resolved. It's taken me a long time to realize that.”
“A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?”
“We are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later.”
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen?”
“Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies ...”
“Anyone intent on moral clarity might want to find another book and, in fact, might not want to go anywhere near the enduring chasm of race in the United States.”
“Does the human heart know chasms so abysmal?”
“Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”
“All we ever see of stars are their old photographs.”
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”
“Men work together,' I told him from the heart,'Whether they work together or apart.”
“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”