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LordCastigator · Feb 22, 2008, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnimeAlliance

episode 51 has no opening quote, instead it has an end quote,

Aphonse Elric:

"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth. But the world isn't perfect, and the law is incomplete. Equivalent Exchange does not encompass everything that goes on here, but I still chose to believe in its principle: that all things do come at a price, that there's an end and a way, that the pain we work through did have a reward, and that anyone who's determined and perseveres will get something of value in return, even if it's not what they're expecting..."

I was gonna say pretty much exacty that, but someone already beat me to it

D:.

Equivalent Exchange would work in a perfect world, but this ain't no perfect world, is it now?

Still, even though it isn't completely true, it never the less has a large element of truth to it. If you don't do something, nothing's gonna happen. Even if your walking down the street & see a $100 note on the ground, your not gonna have it unless you put in the effort & pick it up.

I will point out occasionally things will happen without you doing anything to affect it, but things like that are, in my experience, far too rare to count on.

How did Misato put it in Evangelion...
"Acts of Men are better than Acts of God"
You rely only on the big guy, you're in for a big disappointment...