Dalton

“My CB handle is Flaming Chick, but name’s Melba—dry and crisp like the toast. Meet my co-pilot, Spark Pug,” she snorted, “Most people walk their dogs, but he’s so old I take him out for a stand . . . it takes all he’s got to lift his leg.”
― JoDee Neathery, A Kind of Hush

“A lot less energy to convert animal into animal than vegetable into animal. And the brain boost we got from that bonanza. Tools, language, cooperation. You can see the incentive for all the advances that make us human. More meat. Bigger brains. Bigger brains. More meat. I wonder what it looked like, when we first tasted fresh blood. What did we think? What did we feel? That moment when everything changed. From scavenger to predator. Hunted to hunter.”
― Max Brooks, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

“He must return to something solid, because if he didn't, who knew where his mind or soul could blow away to, like a balloon without ballast.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

“The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.”
― Mary Doria Russell, Children of God