Osu Quotes

Kutesosh gajair’is.” It was a bare whisper. “Such simple phrases. I destroy the enemy. I protect life. And my personal favorite—” “Kun-kabynalti osu fuir’is.” “None shall die while I watch over them. The irony is so beautiful.” Elkinsair wiped at his eyes.

„Je l' ti znaš šta je to? Biti osu�en na ljubav? „Ali zar to nije uvijek?“ Svetlana čak zadrhta od negodovanja. „Kada se dvoje vole, kada se pronalaze među tisućama, milijunima... To je uvijek sudbina!

Masters: Situation appears dire. Look around. Do you see any adults? Me: My ball size indicates I’m the adultest thing here. Me: I haven’t been rejected this hard since I tried to block the punt in that game against OSU last semester. Masters: My wife says rejection is good for you. Makes you mentally tough. Me: You love saying that phrase “my wife.” Masters: You bet your fat ass I do. Me: You don’t think it’s completely strange that you’re 21 and acting like a Taylor Swift song? Masters: Bro, sorry you feel left out. Stop by later and I’ll give you a hug. Me: Fuck off. Masters: I have MY WIFE to do that for me. Thanks, though. Hug still stands. I’ll even let you smell me. MY WIFE says I smell delicious. Me: I’ve smelled you before, which is why I’m not sure how you convinced Ellie to marry you. She must have defective olfactory senses. Masters: Me and MY defective WIFE will be getting it on tonight. While u have only Rosie Palm. Me: Don’t worry. I get plenty of variety. Left-hand Laura sometimes steps in. Masters: Heard you were out with Josie Weeks. Be careful. She eats little linebackers like you for breakfast. And the fact that I don’t even want to make a sexually charged comeback tells me exactly how I feel about Josie. Hope she doesn’t mind being just study partners.

Oko se sporo privikava na polutamu, na zalelujanu prostoriju bez jasnih kontura, na treperave senke. Privučen plamenom, pogled se ustremljuje na lampu, na tu još jedinu svetlu tačku u velikom mraku sobe, ustremljuje se na nju kao zalutala muva i zaustavlja se na tom jedinom izvoru svetlosti, koje treperi kao neka daleka, slučajna zvezda. Na trenutak zaslepljeno i kao omađijano tom svetlošću, oko ne vidi ništa drugo do tu svetlost, ništa, ni druge senke, ni zalelujane površine, ni krpe koje se klate; ništa. Oko vidi samo tu svetlost, taj grebenasti plamen, nekako izvan prostora, kao što su zvezde izvan prostora, a zatim počinje polako da je rastvara (tu svetlost), da je prelama kroz svoju prizmu, da otkriva u njoj sve boje spektra. I tek tada, kada ju je rastvorilo, kada ju je raščinilo, oko otkriva, u sporim talasima sve bleđe svetlosti koja se širi oko plamena, sve ono što se još može otkriti međ naborima senki i praznine: prvo cilinder, taj kristalni omotač plamena, u prvi mah sasvim neprimećen, apstrahovan, kao da je to samo eho plamena i svetle jezgre, eho iza kojeg nastupa tama, jasno, kao da je svetlost izrezana staklom, kao da je smeštena u jamu, ukopana u mrak, pa okolo vlada ne samo pomračina, nego neka druga materija, gusta i sasvim različite specifične težine od one kojom je obavijen plamen. Ali to traje samo tren. Samo dok se oko ne privikne na tamu, nego na svetlost. Tada oko otkriva polako varku i vidi garež na bokovima cilindra, garež koja se preliva iz karatamnog u srebrnkasto, kao na oslepelom ogledalu, i vidi da taj stakleni omotač nije granica svetlosti, kao što otkriva, ne bez čuđenja, i da je srebrnkasti preliv gareži takođe varka, a da poređenje sa oslepelim ogledalom nije igra duha nego igra svetlosti, jasno vidljiva u okruglom ogledalu koje stoji uspravno iza cilindra i u kojem se vidi drugi plamen, plamen-blizanac, gotovo nestvaran, ali plamen; i ako ga oko sve dosad nije primećivalo, to je bilo samo stoga što se duh opirao toj varci, što duh nije hteo da prihvati privid (kao na onom crtežu gde oko vidi belu vazu, vazu ili peščanik, ili putir, sve dok duh – volja? – ne otkrije da je ta vaza praznina, negativ, dakle privid, a da su pozitivna i, dakle, stvarna ona dva identična profila, ona dva lika okrenuta licem jedan prema drugom, taj simetrični "en face", kao u ogledalu, kao u nepostojećem ogledalu, čija bi osa prolazila kroz osu sad već nepostojeće vaze-peščanika, putira, sasude, dvostrukom, zapravo, ogledalu, kako bi oba lika bila stvarna, a ne samo jedan, jer u protivnom onaj drugi bi bio samo odraz, odjek onog prvog, i tada više ne bi bili simetrični, ne bi bili čak ni stvarni; kako bi, dakle, oba lika bila ravnopravna, oba platonovski prauzori a ne samo jedan, jer u protivnom onaj drugi bi bio nužno samo "imitatio", odraz odraza, senka; pa stoga ta dva lika, posle dužeg posmatranja jednako se približavaju jedan drugom, kao u želji da se spoje, da potvrde svoju identičnost).

These outcasts, or osu, seeing that the new religion welcomed twins and such abominations, thought that it was possible that they would also be received. And so one Sunday two of them went into the church. There was an immediate stir, but so great was the work the new religion had done among the converts that they did not immediately leave the church when the outcasts came in. Those who found themselves nearest to them merely moved to another seat. It was a miracle. But it only lasted till the end of the service. The whole church raised a protest and was about to drive these people out, when Mr. Kiaga stopped them and began to explain. "Before God," he said, "there is no slave or free. We are all children of God and we must receive these our brothers." "You do not understand," said one of the converts. "What will the heathen say of us when they hear that we receive osu into our midst? They will laugh." "Let them laugh," said Mr. Kiaga. "God will laugh at them on the judgment day. Why do the nations rage and the peoples imagine a vain thing? He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. The Lord shall have them in derision." "You do not understand," the convert maintained. "You are our teacher, and you can teach us the things of the new faith. But this is a matter which we know." And he told him what an osu was. He was a person dedicated to a god, a thing set apart--a taboo for ever, and his children after him. He could neither marry nor be married by the free-born. He was in fact an outcast, living in a special area of the village, close to the Great Shrine. Wherever he went he carried with him the mark of his forbidden caste -long, tangled and dirty hair. A razor was taboo to him. An osu could not attend an assembly of the free-born, and they, in turn, could not shelter under his roof. He could not take any of the four titles of the clan, and when he died he was buried by his kind in the Evil Forest. How could such a man be a follower of Christ? "He needs Christ more than you and I," said Mr. Kiaga. "Then I shall go back to the clan," said the convert. And he went. Mr. Kiaga stood firm, and it was his firmness that saved the young church. The wavering converts drew inspiration and confidence from his unshakable faith. He ordered the outcasts to shave off their long, tangled hair. At first they were afraid they might die. "Unless you shave off the mark of your heathen belief I will not admit you into the church," said Mr. Kiaga. "You fear that you will die. Why should that be? How are you different from other men who shave their hair? The same God created you and them. But they have cast you out like lepers. It is against the will of God, who has promised everlasting life to all who believe in His holy name. The heathen say you will die if you do this or that, and you are afraid. They also said I would die if I built my church on this ground. Am I dead? They said I would die if I took care of twins. I am still alive. The heathen speak nothing but falsehood. Only the word of our God is true." The two outcasts shaved off their hair, and soon they were the strongest adherents of the new faith. And what was more, nearly all the osu in Mbanta followed their example.

Brandon envisioned a world in which the loser of the Michigan–OSU game could find redemption. That’s not how it works. That’s not how any of this works. You lose the game, you fume for 364 days until you have an opportunity to right the wrongs. This is not a carnival fun ride. It’s college fucking football.

Great things are possible for all.

Those who achieve great feats, are not carved from a different stone, nor are they superhuman. They just know and do things differently. All of which can be taught and learnt if one is open.