Jonas

“In any religion, it is the priest who is likely to ask the most pertinent questions; and if there are flaws in the religious structure, it is the priest, being closest to it and most learned in it, who is most likely to discover them.”
― Richard Stark, The Mourner

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself... Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And
outlive the bastards.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

“Vancouver city was more beautiful to look at across the water than to be in.”
― Emily Carr, Klee Wyck

“The old man sawed as if aeons of time were before him, and as if all the years behind him had been leisurely and all the years in front of him would be equally so. Life had sweetened the old man. He was luscious with time like the end berries of the strawberry season.”
― Emily Carr, Klee Wyck