Chad Apodaca

“Yet I have gained nothing with material riches and leave it all behind for others, for the only possessions I will take with me on my journey are my memories and my deeds, and with these I shall be judged.”
― Jana Petken, The Guardian of Secrets

“The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.”
― Nick Hornby, How to Be Good

“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.

(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
― Michael G. Kramer

“My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of the Unamis happy and strong; and yet, before the sun has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans