James

“...a guest editorial decrying the town's mordant defeatism and criticizing the current Republican administration's unspoken policies, which could be summed up, he claimed, in nine words: No Spending. None. Ever. On Anything. Under Any Circumstances. Why not string one last banner across the street, he suggested: Let's Eat Dirt.”
― Richard Russo

“Man starts thinking this late in life, no previous experience or proper guidance, there's no telling where it could lead.”
― Richard Russo

“People don't demand that a thing be reasonable if their emotions are touched. Lovers aren't reasonable, are they?”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“Distributed responsibility is the problem. One person gives the order, another carries it out. One can say they didn’t pull the trigger, the other that they were just doing what they were told, and everyone lets themselves off the hook.”
― James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath