Vocation of a Gadfly Quotes

“There's something satisfying about getting your hands in the soil.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“The devil did not need to work at all when people were so willing to do his dirty work for him.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Everyone is in such a good mood when they've eaten well.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Driving someone to insanity is the devil's work.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Only a fool says in his heart
There is no Creator, no King of kings,
Only mules would dare to bray
These lethal mutterings.
Over darkened minds as these
The Darkness bears full sway,
Fruitless, yet, bearing fruit,
In their fell, destructive way.
Sterile, though proliferate,
A filthy progeny sees the day,
When Evil, Thought and Action mate:
Breeding sin, rebels and decay.
The blackest deeds and foul ideals,
Multiply throughout the earth,
Through deadened, lifeless, braying souls,
The Darkness labours and gives birth.
Taking the Lord’s abundant gifts
And rotting them to the core,
They dress their dish and serve it out
Foul seeds to infect thousands more.
‘The Tree of Life is dead!’ they cry,
‘And that of Knowledge not enough,
Let us glut on the ashen apples
Of Sodom and Gomorrah.’


Have pity on Thy children, Lord,
Left sorrowing on this earth,
While fools and all their kindred
Cast shadows with their murk,
And to the dwindling wise,
They toss their heads and wryly smirk.
The world daily grinds to dust
Virtue’s fair unicorns,
Rather, it would now beget
Vice’s mutant manticores.
Wisdom crushed, our joy is gone,
Buried under anxious fears
For lost rights and freedoms,
We shed many bitter tears.
Death is life, Life is no more,
Humanity buried in a tomb,
In a fatal prenatal world
Where tiny flowers
Are ripped from the womb,
Discarded, thrown away,
Inconvenient lives
That barely bloomed.
Our elders fare no better,
Their wisdom unwanted by and by,
Boarded out to end their days,
And forsaken are left to die.
Only the youthful and the useful,
In this capital age prosper and fly.
Yet, they too are quickly strangled,
Before their future plans are met,
Professions legally pre-enslaved
Held bound by mounting student debt.
Our leaders all harangue for peace
Yet perpetrate the horror,
Of economic greed shored up
Through manufactured war.
Our armies now welter
In foreign civilian gore.
How many of our kin are slain
For hollow martial honour?
As if we could forget, ignore,
The scourge of nuclear power,
Alas, victors are rarely tried
For their woeful crimes of war.
Hope and pray we never see
A repeat of Hiroshima.

No more!
Crimes are legion,
The deeds of devil-spawn!
What has happened to the souls
Your Divine Image was minted on?
They are now recast:
Crooked coins of Caesar and
The Whore of Babylon.
How often mankind shuts its ears
To Your music celestial,
Mankind would rather march
To the anthems of Hell.
If humanity cannot be reclaimed
By Your Mercy and great Love
Deservedly we should be struck
By Vengeance from above.
Many dread the Final Day,
And the Crack of Doom
For others the Apocalypse
Will never come too soon.
‘Lift up your heads, be glad’,
Fools shall bray no more
For at last the Master comes
To thresh His threshing floor.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“If. If. If this all happened! I, F, - he had to hang on to those two little letters, just one tiny two letter word. If. So much hope and dread hung in the balance on those two little blips in the alphabet! A chasm in fact!”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“There is nothing like a shared interest to draw people together.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Sometimes we can make our own opportunities, sometimes we can see them coming, but more often than not they are like pop quizzes, they are sprung on you like a challenge to test your skills, almost like a dare to see if you can take that leap of faith to make whatever it is a success. Wait too long, and an excellent opportunity might slip away.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Evil loves to subvert all blame onto the innocent.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“... if people purposely set out to become your enemies, what an awful place they must be in to be that spiteful.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Opportunities are like fish on a hook, haul them in when you get the chance before they slip away. You'll always be kicking yourself if you let the Big One go.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“The chopping block was not confined to one era, nor one form or country. There were many types of martyrdoms, spiritual as well as physical ones; visible and invisible, the block took on many forms and could be encountered anywhere, any time.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Love, what a rare, inexplicable state of being as well as feeling.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“You won't do your best unless your creative fire is allowed to burn free.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Admiring a creative soul at work is almost as satisfying as making your own paintings.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“... once evil is invited in, tremendous effort is required to show it to the door and kick its cloven hoof off the threshold.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Sometimes there's an element of truth in a smidgeon of sarcasm.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Mercy is far better than justice, even if it is your right to ask for it.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“... if you have the talent and can create, what's stopping you? You're the same creative person whether or not you have a degree in art.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“If you are not noble in your thoughts and actions, no title awarded by any king or queen can make you so.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“A man has not fully lived until he experiences that gentle balmy clime of ancient empires, the land of lemon trees and the genius of Michelangelo.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Victory only comes through wear and tear.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“I've never seen a nation more quick at finding joy in a sad situation than the Irish at a funeral.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“There's a difference between a blessed increase and greedy oversolicitous hoarding.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“How can you be inspired if you do not surround yourself with the things that inspire you?”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“A lasting happiness cannot be attained by seeking temporary happiness.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“It was one of those puzzling facts of life that women either celebrated a happy event or solved their problems with a shopping spree.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Life has a cruel way of reminding one and all it stops for no one and simply marches on, dragging everyone with it.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“Demonic spirits never sleep or take a vacation, always plotting and waiting for the next offensive.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“O, elixir of youth, thy name is hair dye.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly