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“the sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism--his insistence on trying to do the right thing. In which case it wasn't a tragic flaw that brought Tillman down, but a tragic virtue.”
― Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
― Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
“I told you she was doing all four of 'em.”
― Under the Bus
― Under the Bus
“Hope makes you stronger, because it brings with it a sense of reason. Not a reason of how or why they were taken away from you, but a reason to live. Because it's a maybe. A 'maybe someday things won't always be this shit. And that 'maybe' immediately makes the shittiness better.”
― The Book of Tomorrow
― The Book of Tomorrow
“I read her nasty, wicked thoughts—and she knows for sure that I am a Druid. She is totally warped and absolutely no doubt about it—evil!”
― Crossroads and the Himalayan Crystals
― Crossroads and the Himalayan Crystals
“A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.”
― Three Musketeers
― Three Musketeers
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