Garth Hudgeons

“Era un pensiero doloroso ma la verità lo è sovente.”
― Tracy Chevalier, Remarkable Creatures

“There are four steps to gaining ownership and intentionality over your personal identity and beliefs: Determining your objective function What is the purpose of my life? Determining your ideological tree How do I best fulfill that purpose? Determining your personal identity Who do I want to be? Determining your public identity How do I want others to think of me?”
― Malcolm Collins, The Pragmatist’s Guide to Life: A Guide to Creating Your Own Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions

“As for the merchants, they were the clever ones, understanding the sensitivities of their fellow man, his weaknesses, his petty longings. Some were already wealthier than earls. Indeed, if he possessed their cunning, their insatiable greed, he might invent a remedy comprised of pigs’ fat and arsenic, place a notice in the Public Advertiser and have Boswell walk the streets selling the stuff! Eventually, they would become rich. ”
― Kate Rose, The Angel and the Apothecary

“My ignorance was inexcusable, and it made me ashamed.”
― Jon Krakauer, Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town