Jared Lippard

“Lyra had never seen such a sight, never heard such a bellow; it was like a mountain laughing.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“Then I realized what separated us: what I thought about him could not reach him; it was psychology, the kind they write about in books. But his judgment went through me like a sword and questioned my very right to exist. And it was true, I had always realized it; I hadn't the right to exist. I had appeared by chance, I existed like a stone, a plant or a microbe. My life put out feelers towards small pleasures in every direction. Sometimes it sent out vague signals; at other times I felt nothing more than a harmless buzzing.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

“Healing begins, the Denver Post announced Thursday morning. The headline spanned the full width of page one thirty-six hours after the attack. Ministers, psychiatrists, and grief counselors cringed. It was an insanely premature assessment.”
― Dave Cullen, Columbine

“A commander's pride got his soldiers dead.”
― Tom Clancy, Executive Orders