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"For joy is an elation of spirit, of a spirit which trusts in the goodness and truth of its own possessions."
Seneca, Moral letters to Lucilius, Letter 59. On pleasure and joy, #2.

NINA — We Are The Wild Ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JZ7oVorfM

Isabela: I wouldn't have called them "lively." Bedraggled, maybe. Or just...fluffy.

"The dearest thing to every animal is its own constitution and its consciousness thereof."
Chrysippus, in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VII, #85.

"But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of reprobating pleasure and extolling pain arose. To do so, I will give 
you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of truth, the master-builder 
of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure,"
[Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam 
eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, 
quia voluptas sit,]
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (The Ends of Good and Evil), Book I, Chapter 10, #32.

Chantry templars & mages will court annihilation waging extreme war on quanri hordes, clearing the road to Elf dominance. 

Blue Foundation [Bonfires] — Pandora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSu7oveH-1Y

"He answered: 'Oh, myself I pardon.' Such stupid and shameless self-love deserves to be censured."
[Egomet mi ignosco Maenius inquit. Stultus et inprobus hic amor est dignusque notari.]
Horace, Satire, Book I, Satire 3: On Tolerance, lines 23-24.

Anders: You're not helping.

"Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally 
circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever 
undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man 
who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?"

[Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam 
eius modi tempora incidunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. ut enim ad minima veniam, quis 
nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? quis autem vel 
eum iure reprehenderit, qui in ea voluptate velit esse, quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum, qui dolorem eum fugiat, 
quo voluptas nulla pariatur?]
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (The Ends of Good and Evil), Book I, Chapter 10, #32 [dolorem ipsum].

"Note.—This Angel, who is now become a Devil, is my particular friend. We often read the Bible together in its infernal or 
diabolical sense, which the world shall have if they behave well.
I have also The Bible of Hell, which the world shall have whether they will or no."
William Blake, A Memorable Fancy, in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790.

Isis shaped Isabela as a rotted peg leg, enticing their dragon shapeshifter (Andraste, Flemeth & Meredith) to Ferelden return.

A bottle of fancy French wine. Vintage Lorem Ipsum: 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cassidy/6416510723/in/pool-loremipsum/

"This piece of complete gibberish was placed at your service, only as a temporary place-holder for our design on reality."
[Lorem [a piece of dolorem: sorrow] ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt 
ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea 
commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 
Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.]
Standard typographic filler, wholly devoid of meaning or sense.

Mage Andraste, lured by Pride, aspired by trick to be remembered as god. Orlesian Chantry adores unreal Old God of Silence.