Monday, December 05, 2005
Well i have finally finished reading Eddie's Bastard by William Kowalski..excellent novel..however i wish there is a continuation coz the ending was like left hanging..ah well..can always hope..absolutely astounding..a book written with such elegance, maturity and humour it is difficult to believe that the author is only 28 years old. Wickedly funny and genuinely moving..i would recommend it to book lovers.
[Quotes from the book]
Universal signs, those clues to our destinies, are everywhere. It is up to us whether or not we follow them - but they are there nonetheless.
The extent of a man's greatness is determined by his ability to follow his proper direction. We create our own destinies, and yet we do not. We forge a new path as we proceed, and yet the path already exists beforehand, though it is not always well marked. This is the paradox of life; and a paradox is not a riddle to be solved, but a place to dwell in, if only for a brief time.
Have no fear of anger, for then anger has no power over you. Anger is a tool. Wield it, but use it wisely, never rashly. That is the way to turn it to one's advantage; that is the way to keep it from taking over Life. That is the way of a Celtic warrior.
I must never allow myself to forget that i live like a king because millions of others lived like animals. To enslave a person is to rob them of their dignity, their rights, their past and future. I am tormented by nightmares, and one nightmare in particular. Even though it was not I who traded decency for gold, I still reap the benefits of the transaction. But as a result, I have to pay the price of suffering under the Rory's curse.
We humans are a lot of monkeys running hither and thither, living in fancy cages of our own devising and slowly inventing the means to destroy ourselves. Before us also came a long line of monkeys, who through no grandiose intentions, but through the simple ability to procreate - or the inability not to - gave rise to us. For the most part they have been a depraved, murderous, hateful group, stealing land from other monkeys and wiping out other monkey tribes. Some of us modern monkeys seem to think much of our ancestors, and are proud to trace our monkeyhood back several generations, perhaps even as far as those original murdering monkeys, the Europeans. But I myself see little in our species' history of which to be proud. What? World Wars? It is far too late to prevent our worst errors as humans. Even if they havent been committed yet, the stage has already been set...Some mistakes are inevitable...
NiteZ
InD!gO plunged into darkness 8:05 AM
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