Sam Knill

“It is never too late to be wise.”
― Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

“Its Seventh Commandment, italicized by the authors, stated: “Battles are beyond everything else struggles of morale. Defeat is inevitable as soon as the hope of conquering ceases to exist. Success comes not to him who has suffered the least but to him whose will is firmest and morale strongest.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

“It was the only secret I kept from her and eventually it became impossible to fix. With a secret like that, at some point the secret becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“God must have known that, in the end, Adam and Eve would eat the apple and have to leave the Garden. But he had bigger plans for them and for the rest of humanity that requires a short stint here in our imperfect world. That is the only way for us to experience all of the joys, the sorrows, the failures, and the triumphs that come with being fully human.”
― Spencer C Demetros, The Bible: Enter Here: Bringing God's Word to Life for Today's Teens