Breath belongs to Mehay. Ecl has no use for it. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes More Quotes by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes More Quotes From Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes chaos littles interesting In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes dance prayer past Cold as winter, strong as stone; She faced the darkness all alone. A silver goddess; a reflection. A mirage; a recollection. No return; no turning back. The past is gone, the future, black. Serpents gather in their nest, And she stands above the rest. Shadows hunt; she hunts the shadow. The moon is risen; she stands below. She views her world through the eyes of others. Black and white; there are no colors, As she looks down upon a shattered youth. A shattered mirror shows a shattered truth. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes black-and-white eye strong White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes purple blue yellow Only in our darkest hour do we find the light. Humans are destructive by nature. The world is lacking balance. Terrors are beginning to triumph over the simple joys. Stand back and watch, because you're going to be here when we fall. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes light simple fall We are not. We never were; we never shall be. We return to the void we never, for mehay is the center of all, and all is the center of nothing. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes void return The night is full of mystery. Even when the moon is brightest, secrets hide everywhere. Then the sun rises and its rays cast so many shadows that the day creates more illusion than all the veiled truth of the night. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes moon secret night My prayer is simple my dear one, my dear one. May you never need understand. My prayer is for peacetime, my child, my child. Live it well and this life can be grand. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes prayer peace children What one person does, several people usually consider. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes persons doe people I could not cry for my own brother; he would not want me to. But I found myself crying for this hated stranger and the endless slaughter that I had almost contributed to." (page 8) Amelia Atwater-Rhodes pages brother want You have no sense of what war is like. You have no idea what it means to see those you love fall. You cannot possibly understand what it is to fight for what you believe, and how sometimes you have to fight with words and dreams after all the weapons have been put away. You serve a cold god, surviving on his power for thousands of years without ever living! Amelia Atwater-Rhodes falling-in-love dream war Love is the strongest emotion any creature can feel except for hate, but hate can't hurt you. Love, and trust, and friendship, and all the other emotions humans value so much, are the only emotions that can bring pain. Only love can break a heart into so many pieces. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes pain hate hurt Sacrifice of live, sacrifice for love. Fate is gentle and harsh; she gives and she takes. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes fate sacrifice giving But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil Risika. Wolves hunt the stragglers in a group of deer. Vultures devour the fallen.Hyenas destroy the weak. Humans kill that which they fear. Survive and be strong, or die, cornered by your prey, trembling because the night is dark. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes strong dark night No one can make you a victim but yourself. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes victim Your mother all but accused me of something that is, among my kind, the highest crime a man can commit. There is no trial, only punishment, because it is considered better to let an innocent man die than let a guilty one live." (Page 79.) Amelia Atwater-Rhodes innocent-man mother men Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,'Aubrey. I will avenge this scar and every scar you have put into my heart. -Risika(In The Forest Of The Night) Amelia Atwater-Rhodes heart forests night Aubrey's voice when he answered was soft. "I'm one of the reasons they wouldn't dare. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes dare voice reason I wish to you sunshine, my dear one, my dear one. And treetops for you to soar past. I wish to you innocence, my child, my child. I pray you don't grow up too fast. Never know pain, my dear one, my dear one. Nor hunger nor fear nor sorrow. Never know war, my child, my child. Remember your hope for tomorrow. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes growing-up pain children Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes aggressive dark night