Loni Peakes

“odd-looking, rotund prelate was a marvelous raconteur,”
― Robert Ludlum, The Road to Gandolfo

“In thanks for their survival, the Rhodians erected a huge bronze statue of Helios—the Sun god, their patron deity—at the entrance to their harbor. With a height of thirty meters (a hundred feet), the Colossus of Rhodes, as it is known, was considered one of the wonders of the world—this was an age that admired gigantism—but it snapped at the knees and fell during an earthquake in 227.”
― Robin Waterfield, Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece

“A person can do practically anything for a short time if he doesn't think he has to do it for life.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Schernoff Discoveries

“Kindness is scarce in the world”
― Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i