Delmer Plush

“Wie oft geschieht es doch, dass uns ein Zweifel, ob wir den einen oder den anderen Weg einschlagen sollen, ein unerklärlicher Beweggrund bestimmt, eine andere Richtung zu nehmen, als diejenige, zu welcher uns Absicht, Neigung oder Vorteil geführt hätten. Wir wissen nicht, welche Macht dabei über uns waltet; aber nachher entdecken wir, dass wir, wenn wir den Weg eingeschlagen hätten, auf welchen uns die Klugheit zu leiten schien, auf den Weg unseres Verderbens oder Untergangs geraten wären.”
― Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

“You shouldn’t whitewash it. He’s good at spin, but he also has a remarkable story, and I’d like to see that it’s all told truthfully.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs

“Monster? Monster, you say?” He scratched his chest, blood dripping from what seemed to be an old wound. “No, my friend. I have SEEN real monsters. I have faced real darkness, heart beating out of your chest with death all around you. The stench of piss and shit as men empty themselves in their final moments. I have experienced real terror. Terror, a simple man like you, could never fathom”
― J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

“The filigreed iron gates of the Navy Yard were open wide between two pillars that featured large spread-winged eagles on orbs. Men were standing around as women came out together in their overalls after their shifts. Before the war women didn’t work at the Navy Yard, but with men joining up or drafted and a new campaign with a poster of 'Rosie the Riveter' it did its job encouraging woman to work outside the home for the war effort.”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted