“There are few situations in life that cannot be honourably settled, and without loss of time, either by suicide, a bag of gold, or by thrusting a despised antagonist over the edge of a precipice upon a dark night.”
The Story of Hien and the Chief Examiner
Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)
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“No night is so dark, no situation so dire, but the intervention of the gods cannot make it worse.”
Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 3 (p. 42)
“Honour cannot be hoarded. Integrity cannot adorn a room. There is no courage in gold.”
Forge of Darkness (2013)
Context: Wealth,' they said, 'is a false measure. Honour cannot be hoarded. Integrity cannot adorn a room. There is no courage in gold. Only fools build a fortress of wealth. Only fools would live in it and imagine themselves safe.
Attributed by Wang Li, “历史将宣告我无罪” (History Will Pronounce Me Innocent), manuscript, Beijing, 1993, p. 7. This source is a privately printed collection of letters and documents concerning Wang Li's expulsion from the CCP. Cited in Mao's Last Revolution (2006) by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals, ISBN 0674023323
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“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”
2000s, 2003, Columbia space shuttle disaster (February 2003)
“Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I’ll tell you a story.”
"Anyway" Official Video http://vimeo.com/12147261 - Performance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 July 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TduFqUob4o
Lyrics, Alicia Witt (2009)
Context: I'm bruised again,
I wear it well,
The self-inflicted tale they tell.
I singed my hair,
I broke my nails.
You'd love me then,
If all else failed.
The night was long and dark and just
Another dagger to my trust.
I thrust it in until I bleed
I wiped my point for you to see. And anyway,
It's over now.
Nothing left to say.
I don't know why,
I don't care how,
It's over anyway.
It's broken in pieces.
You've got the space you needed.
Too late to try,
Just say good-bye
It's over anyway.
“There is no day without darkness and night without light.”
Non c’è giorno senza tenebre e notte senza luce.