this ain’t that kind of movie, and I’m no Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives

Hermetic quote Stross Atrocity Schwarzenegger

Consider also:

  1. “Sometimes I would read a passage at random, drinking in the impossible luxury of ink organized into meaningful patterns.”
  2. “Will there be a day when someone discovers the secrets of these supernatural events, that reflection of the shadow of the soul that manifests itself between awakening and sleep, in a state of purgatory and unconsciousness?”
  3. He knew then there was no going back. All paths were closed to him except the plain horror of the present.
  4. “I don’t think anyone ever goes into a war without the nagging feeling that there might have been some other way. Even when every other way has already been tried and hasn’t worked.”
  5. “for knowledge of runes, and for power, he sacrificed himself to himself.”