Nida Ricks

“Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale, Vol. 03

“Here’s a 165-year old but still fitting comment on public officials who are so sure they’re right that they’ll drive over a cliff rather than compromise:
“Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt – are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?” William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair: a Novel without a Hero (1848).

The author’s middle name really was “Makepeace.” As the quote shows, he disliked those who would not.”
― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

“This is a generation of men accustomed to warfare, inured to danger and familiar with cruelty.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Red Queen

“A good sailor weathers the storm he cannot avoid, and avoids the storm he cannot weather.”
― J.K. Franko, Eye for Eye