"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it." - The Daemon (Frankenstein by Mary Shelly).


Death of Seneca by Manuel Dominguez Sanchez, 1871.



"Persecuted and tortured as I am and have been, can death be any evil to me?" - Victor (Frankenstein by Mary Shelly).



Playlists

Epigraphs

"You never know what the outcome is, but the truth is always the best place to start." — Julian Assange, Wikileaks creator.

"I love you. I'm glad I exist." - The Orange by Wendy Cope.

"You call it hope—that fire of fire!/It is but agony of desire." - Tamerlane by Edgar Allen Poe.

"If you hold on, you're going to be okay. I promise you, the life you want is out there for you." — Barry Loukaitis.

Mottos

Vae victis — woe to the victims.

De oppresso liber — to free the oppressed.

Mortui vivos docent — the dead teach the living.

Victoria per scientam — Victory through knowledge.

Harbinger

"The beginning is fire; the end is a heap of ashes; and between the end and the beginning lies all the pain in the world. Let me sleep, since I cannot die." — Nurse Mcdonald (The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford).