All the gods are dead except the god of war.

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About Eldridge Cleaver

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.

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The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

—Eldridge Cleaver

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We make people into Gods, desperate that they never leave us and hopeful that someday, if we ever deserve it, maybe they'll love us back even half way.

—Jennifer Elisabeth in Born Ready

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To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If you lack the iron and the fuzz to take control of your own life, if you insist on leaving your fate to the gods, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a grin or two at your expense.

—Tom Robbins

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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

—Oscar Wilde

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J. Robert Oppenheimer, witnessing the first test of a nuclear weapon, confessed to tasting sin. But he and all his colleagues knew from the beginning what lay waiting at the end of the project. And which was the stronger flavor, the sin, or the satisfaction of having stolen fire from the gods?