Krishna Knochel

“Do not fear death, but rather the unlived life.”
― Natalie Babbitt

“Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure.” Vince didn’t blink. “I have a condo there waiting for me. You’re welcome for tea. Now, give the order, Colonel.”
― Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox

“[Farmer] had problems with groups that on the surface would have seemed like allies, that often were allies in fact, with for example what he called "WL's"- white liberals, some of whose most influential spokespeople were black and prosperous. 'I love WL's, love 'em to death. They're on our side,' he had told me some days ago, defining the term. 'But WL's think all the world's problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don't believe that. There's a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It's what separates us from roaches.”
― Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains. The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. Syracuse University Special Edition - Shared Reading Program 2007

“She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder