The meaning of life, Nikodemos, is to live life with meaning. The purpose of life is merely to live it, perhaps to give it. Janet Morris More Quotes by Janet Morris More Quotes From Janet Morris War is all and king of all Janet Morris kings war All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any. Janet Morris tricksters ontology war Survival has its own etiquette. Janet Morris etiquette strategy survival For Harmony. A chance at life. To fight on other days. Janet Morris survival fighting chance Now the Fates are here on the beach, three shadows blacker than black, walking through the dunes and looking for their own. Just shadows, lamb-white hands beneath black robes spun of tears, glide among the celebrants on this night wherein the spirits of Thebes have found a home, if serendipitously. Janet Morris fate home beach Live to fight on other days. Janet Morris fighting There is no mercy in trading life for life. And certainly no righteousness. Mercy, once given, cannot be taken back. Janet Morris mercy taken life Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you or your loved ones. Janet Morris love believe commitment Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die. Janet Morris brotherhood loyalty determination So some will be left who remember. Janet Morris left determination remember Survival's the thing, isn't it? Janet Morris survival determination Every man's in his own hands, with a little help from his brothers. Janet Morris loyalty determination brother Here Stormbringer spies the Stepsons, the Theban fighters, and the 3rd Commando, attending to their own. In the face of such unflinching determination and unswerving devotion, the hurricane pauses and calms. Its ravings turn to mutters. Janet Morris loyalty determination revenge Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life. Janet Morris loyalty determination time Niko's angular face caught a flicker of firelight and Tempus saw his future there: sharp purpose, discipline, and power in perfect balance; love of man and gods, and mercy transcending all. If war ever wore a more humane face, this one would make it so. Janet Morris determination responsibility war Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood and warm breath and a loving heart. Janet Morris loneliness heart love Niko and his women will be the death of all the Stepsons yet. Janet Morris sexuality loneliness love Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not truly science fiction. Furthermore, so little emerging thought and technology is employed by sf writers today that the genre is lagging far behind reality both in the cosmology area and the technology area: sf is no longer a place to experiment, but is now very derivative. Janet Morris technology heart book Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power. Janet Morris fighting ambition men If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools. Janet Morris fighting god war
