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1 " He hadn't done it, and there was no point thinking about might-have-beens "
― Jo Graham
2 " All Knowledge is dangerous "
3 " Yet I feel like Theseus running madly through the coils of the labyrinth with horrors following at my heels and every twist bringing a new and dreaded sight. I dream and it pursues me I am sunk so far in horror heaped upon horror that I cannot taste wine or see the sun above. The world has ended and I don't know why I yet Live "
― Jo Graham , Black Ships (Numinous World, #1)
4 " I want to know everything. I want to know how the clouds move and why islands fall into the sea. I want to know how to plant almond trees and how to make children grow up straight and healthy. I want to know how princes should govern and why people love. I want to understand the stars in the heavens and all the words that were ever made. I want to remember every story that was ever told. "
5 " Whether or not that’s how it is,” I said, “we must live according to what we believe, not the beliefs of others.”“The beliefs of others are not irrelevant, not when they shape the world we live in!”“I didn’t say they were irrelevant. But they will never dictate my judgment or my decisions,” I snapped back. “Because others believe something does not make it true. You are not stupid because Plato says you must be, nor is Cleopatra a whore because some Roman wit will say it. I will never trust any learned opinion more than what I see in front of my face. "
― Jo Graham , Hand of Isis (Numinous World, #3)
6 " The truth will make us free, Charmian. The best we can do is carry the banner proudly in our own time. "
7 " Have you ever done something so horrible and so irreparable that you knew there was nothing you could ever do to fix it?”“No,” I said gently. “Mostly because I’m eight. "
8 " Can the leopard change his spots?” Emrys mused. “Leopards have, but the other leopards don’t like it. "
9 " How shall I raise dead men up to plow fields that are fallow? How shall I plant young olive trees?”Mikel smiled, and it was a beautiful smile. “One tree at a time,” He said. "
10 " We are all prisoners of our birthdays," I said, "Though we try to transcend them. We are creatures of our times, and sometimes our souls peek through the cracks and yearn for the sky. And then we are magnificent creatures. "
― Jo Graham , The Emperor's Agent (Numinous World, #5)
11 " You’ve got that wrong. I care what the people I care about think. But the rest of the sheep can trot off a cliff. "
― Jo Graham , Homecoming (Stargate Atlantis, #16)
12 " The mark of an educated person was a rational mind…To believe in prophecy or the intervention of the divine was no more than sloppy thinking. - Apollodorus "
13 " But you are imperfect, and you deserve to be. "
― Jo Graham , Cythera
14 " Wonderful,” Rodney said again. “I wonder how many more of our former allies are going to have been Culled like this?” “That’s what I like about you, McKay,” Sheppard said. “You’re an optimist. "
15 " Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated,” Sheppard said. He’d always wanted to use that line. "
16 " But if the things I believe are right and true, then what fear have I of challenge, for will those things I learn not simply prove what is? And if the things I believe are not right and true, would it not be better for me to know that and face it like a man? "
― Jo Graham , The Ravens of Falkenau and Other Stories (Numinous World, #3.5)
17 " Once in a thousand years the sea/ smothers the moon at my window/ opens a gate in my heart: "
18 " Yes, I’m wearing a baby,” Sheppard said. “It’s very funny. Can we get past that? "
19 " There are always people making decisions you can’t control. But you decide what you’re willing to do. What you can live with. At the end of the day, that’s the only thing you can control. "
20 " Oh, I’m fine! People booby-trap DHDs that I’m working on every day!” Rodney paused. “Actually, that’s truer than I’d like. "
