Trudy Dobkowski

“the leaders arranged themselves near the mouth of the cave. They waited quietly for the attention of the assembled clans. The silence spread out like the ripples of a stone cast in a pond as the presence of the leaders was made known. Men moved quickly into positions defined by clan and personal rank. The women dropped their work, signaled suddenly well-behaved children, and silently followed suit. The Bear Ceremony was about to begin.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear

“Night, the mother of fear and mystery,
was coming upon me.”
― H.G. Wells

“Any weapon's only as good as the man using it, and a good man can make a good weapon out of most anything.”
― Peter Benchley, The Deep

“maxims.”
― Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers