The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality–it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see." -Richard

Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.

Right and wrong are not the product of census.

Books served to keep hard-won knowledge safe. They endured.

Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.