What is best in life?

Karamazov's picture
Submitted by Karamazov on June 9, 2009 - 7:30am

 

 

Khitan General: My fear is that my sons will never understand me... Hao! Dai ye! We won again! [Cheers] This is good. But what is best in life? Khitan Warrior: The open steppe, a fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair. Khitan General: Wrong! Conan, what is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women! Khitan General: [Cheers]...That is good.   This is a quote from the greatest movie of all time, which was paraphrased from something that Genghis Khan evidently said.  Here's an awesome clip of the dialogue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9buo9Mtos&feature=related So now I turn this very simple question to your characters--what is best in life (for them)?  Not just a likes/dislikes thing--but what is BEST.  For example:  Karamazov:  Besting a larger opponent than the last one, striking a moving target with a thrown axe, and large women preparing roast clefthoof over an open flame. Olaff:  Seeing eternal damnation tangibly mirrored in this life upon the guilty;  rising at every dawn with a divine purpose.      
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Aktarin's picture

http://www.youtube.com/watch

Submitted by Aktarin on June 9, 2009 - 7:55am.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYHFMuvCsr0

My preferred version ^.~

Obviously owes a lot to the original, but the notion of Conan as he might be as an old man never ceases to make me happy.

Elrin's picture

I was pretty much gonna

Submitted by Elrin on June 9, 2009 - 3:18pm.

I was pretty much gonna answer with Conan's quote...

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"If your heart is fearful, throw away fear; if there is terror in it, throw away terror. 
Take your axe in your hand and attack. 
He who leaves the fight unfinished is not at peace--The Epic of Gilgamesh

 

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Rethelia's picture

A clear, starry night

Submitted by Rethelia on June 10, 2009 - 1:23am.

A clear, starry night filled with stories and conversation or a quiet, bright dawn, with miles of road at my back.

 

 

"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."

-Kurt Vonnegut

Lenresh's picture

Lenresh Worldheart: Seeing

Submitted by Lenresh on June 15, 2009 - 11:54pm.
Lenresh Worldheart: Seeing the world growing around me: friendship, living things, and the dreams that good people have.
 
'Worldheart' : A blade in my hand, the constant flow of a one on one fight, and the fun that only dies with your opponent.
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It's not "at this late hour," but "from now on."
It's never too late to change.
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It's not "at this late hour," but "from now on."
It's never too late to change.
Graysen's picture

Lying down next to my wife

Submitted by Graysen on June 16, 2009 - 5:08pm.

Lying down next to my wife tonight without having to wonder if I will lie next to her tomorrow night.

Dum Spiro, Spero

Dum Spiro, Spero

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