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“The best part about being Seer isn't the tower or the amenities or the access to the King. It's how easily everyone believes what you say.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“Cardan turns back to me, gazing down at me as he did in my imaginings. 'When you forced me into working for the Court of Shadows, I never thought of the things I could do- frightening people, charming people- as talents, no less ones that might be valuable. But you did. You showed me how to use them to be useful. I never minded being a minor villain, but it's possible I might have grown into something else, a High King as monstrous as Dain. And if I did- if I fulfilled the prophecy- I ought to be stopped. And I believe that you would stop me.'

'Stop you?' I echo. 'Sure. If you're a huge jerk and a threat to Elfhame, I'll pop your head right off.'

'Good.' His expression is wistful. 'That's one reason I didn't want to believe you'd joined up with Madoc. The other is that I want you here by my side, as my queen.'

It's a strange speech, and there's little of love in it, but it doesn't seem like a trick, either. And if it stings a little that he admires me primarily for my ruthlessness, well, I suppose there should be some comfort that he admires me at all. He wants me with him, and maybe he wants me in other ways, too. Desiring more than that from him is just greed.

He gives me a half smile. 'But now that you're High Queen and back in charge, I won't be doing anything of consequence anyway. If I destroy the crown and ruin the throne, it will only be through neglect.'

That startles a laugh out of me. 'So that's your excuse for not doing any of the work? You must be draped in decadence at all times because if you aren't kept busy, you might fulfil some half-baked prophecy?'

'Exactly.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“A smiling assassin will always show you the white of his teeth as he smiles with happiness.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Don't wake up in the middle of the night and expect sunshine.”
― Anthony T. HIncks

“Basking at the intersection of poetry and prophecy.”
― Erica Alex, Cake in the Blackbird Stew

“Don't let it happen, it's up to you”
― George Orwell

“There are three kingdoms," the astrologer resumed, pressing down the ashes of his pipe with his finger. "Of the Old Testament, that of the Father, the kingdom of fear. Of the New Testament, that of the Son, the kingdom of expiation. Of the Johannite Gospel, that of the Holy Ghost, the kingdom of redemption and love. They are the past, present and future; winter, spring and summer. The first, says Joachim of Floris, gives us the blade, the second, the leaf, and the third, the ear. Two of the Persons of the Trinity have shown themselves. Logically the Third must appear.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, ³¢Ã -µþ²¹²õ

“To lose everything, and remain apart,
darkness always round her, darkness in her heart!
To wander the world, without peace or cheer,
shadow ever pursuing, and escape nowhere!

Young girl, endure, evil takes its toll,
through it all you will emerge with naught, yet pure in soul.
And though shadow may threaten all that you hold dear,
it cannot possess you, nor the beauty that you bear�
At the end of your dark journey you still will feel the light;
out of shadows, a whole empire, kingdom beyond sight.”
― Nikola Stefan, Tale of Tales â€� Part I: A Strange Bunch

“Flights shall carry a thousand suns to all parts of the globe and plunge the world into a new darkness of light.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Man is too frightened to become a man.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Of course you would!' cried Dumbledore. 'You see, the prophecy does not mean you have to do anything! But the prophecy caused Lord Voldemort to mark you as his equal... in other words, you are free to choose your way.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“The influence that Marxism has achieved, far from being the result or proof of its scientific character, is almost entirely due to its prophetic, fantastic, and irrational elements. Marxism is a doctrine of blind confidence that a paradise of universal satisfaction is awaiting us just round the corner. Almost all the prophecies of Marx and his followers have already proved to be false, but this does not disturb the spiritual certainty of the faithful, any more than it did in the case of chiliastic sects: for it is a certainty not based on any empirical premises or supposed 'historical laws', but simply on the psychological need for certainty. In this sense Marxism performs the function of a religion, and its efficacy is of a religious character. But it is a caricature and a bogus form of religion, since it presents its temporal eschatology as a scientific system, which religious mythologies do not purport to be.”
― Leszek KoÅ‚akowski, Main Currents Of Marxism: The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown

“Multiple streams of incoming prophetic visions.”
― Erica Alex, Cake in the Blackbird Stew

“I committed to acting on the Word from that point forward. As I did, peculiarities began to follow me.

After the second sermon, I decided to stop by the grocery store on my way home from the gym to practice my skills with time management and to avoid procrastination.

I entered the grocery store unprepared, with no goal other than to be obedient to Shiligoth’s wish to act upon the sermons.

Because I was not prepared to shop for groceries, I did not know what I wanted to buy.

As I entered the store, the Spirit of Shiligoth entered me again to guide my footsteps. I had faith that Shiligoth would guide me in my dealings.

I entered the milk aisle and began to select groceries. My hands were full and I did not have a cart. I prayed that Shiligoth would provide me with a cart.

As I did so, an empty cart materialized in the aisle in front of me. I dropped to a knee and shook my head in disbelief. I stood up and looked again. The cart was real.

Shiligoth had answered my obscure prayer as a thank you for my obedience. I was witnessing synchronicity in action, the unity of mind, body and soul. I had caught a glimpse of the prophetic life and I wanted more.”
― Aaron Kyle Andresen, How Dad Found Himself in the Padded Room: A Bipolar Father's Gift For The World

“Prayer is prophesy of what is yet to come.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Prayer is prophesy.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“There is no prophesy like the promises of a powerful Being, God.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The prophet is not diverted by illusions of past, present and future. The fixity of language determines such linear distinctions. Prophets hold a key to the lock in a language. The mechanical image remains only an image to them. This is not a mechanical universe. The linear progression of events is imposed by the observer. Cause and effect? That's not it at all. The prophet utters fateful words. You glimpse a thing "destined to occur." But the prophetic instant releases something of infinite portent and power. The universe undergoes a ghostly shift. Thus, the wise prophet conceals actuality behind shimmering labels. The uninitiated then believe the prophetic language is ambiguous. The listener distrusts the prophetic messenger. Instinct tells you how the utterance blunts the power of such words. The best prophets lead you up to the curtain and let you peer through for yourself.”
― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

“If the gods are so intent on having some random yokel do their dirty work for them, the least they can do is leave behind more than the vague notion of Save the world at all costs, Joe. Because Joe is going to fuck it up. Joes always do.”
― K.M. Mayville, Jane the Lich

“The space monsters aren't about to let us get away with this masturbatory industrialization much longer, they watch our TV shows, they even play our god damned video games, they know all about us and can snuff our already disarrayed civilization with but a whisper to their ultimate computer brain, MWOWM, the brooding computer of the Xists which we will have soon too, the computer so complex it is not a machine, it is a moss-like independent growth of circuits which it prints itself, sprawling through our homes in the form of nondescript white stones laying here and there, talking, very quietly overwhelming our every thought, word, and deed, YES the Xists will “giveâ€� it to us, we floundering human beings will fight nuclear wars with each other trying to decide whether to turn this unwholesome ‘mouth of a Trojan gift-horseâ€� ON or OFF, in the end we will leave it ON, and then by God we won't be able to do WITHOUT it.”
― Ivan Stang, The Book of the SubGenius

“The prophesy of the Holy scriptures is assurance of God's faithfulness to fulfill the promises.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“There appeared before her eyes the figure of Oliver Cromwell, in the guise of the Old Testament military leader Gideon, going into the Commons Chamber and demanding the resignation of the Speaker and the end of the assembly: 'I saw suddenly a departure of them, though they were very loath thereunto.' When, four days later, news reached the Hillingdon vicarage that exactly these events had just occurred in London, Anna's friends were thunderstruck. She was not mad. God himself was speaking through her.”
― Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

“Dark days lie ahead, my dear, but a light has dawned in the distance. Oh that it were in our days... But Light is coming. The Mighty God is coming. His zeal will perform this. He will do it, and it will come to pass.”
― Emmanuel Onimisi, The Faces of Christmas

“God has come to my neighborhood, he mused.”
― Emmanuel Onimisi, The Faces of Christmas

“[With] prophetic insight: My conclusion is that only the potential for the future can be seen. The future can be changed. The psychic reads the map, but free will decides the path we take.”
― Craig Hamilton-Parker, Your Psychic Powers: A Beginner's Guide

“Seven to reach beyond the veilâ€�
…while six hold lights ot mark the trail.
Five to bend both heart and mind�
…Four to seek, but three to find.
At the heart lies life eternal�
—Machine and blood complete the circle.
Two’s false division shall be undone�
Without the Force all are made one.
Wake the spark beneath the flesh�
…And then, at last, lay death to rest.”
― Alyssa Wong, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 4: Crimson Reign

“It had to happen. It should happen soon.”
― Nicola Griffith, Hild

“Damned prophecies! What good is it to know what’s going to happen if you can’t change”
― James Erich, Seidman

“14 For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. (Job 33:14 NLT)”
― Loretta Gibson

“What are we doing next, God?”
― Loretta Gibson, Discerning Downloads: Hearing God's Audible Voice over 60 Years