Hector Nicley

“...the longest I'm in Washington the more I realize that most people in this town tend to act with the calm forethought of a beheaded chicken.”
― Herman Wouk, Inside, Outside: A Novel

“I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness.”
― Arthur Miller, Crucible

“What it demonstrates is how difficult it is for any of us to listen to our own voice or maintain our own beliefs in the presence of others. If any of you think you would have marched differently, then ask yourself why you were clapping. Lads, there is a great need in all of us to be accepted, but you must trust what is unique or different about yourself, even if it is odd or unpopular. As Frost said, “‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference.”
― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

“Everything is cloudy and unclear. Still, you should learn to say nothing that will cause you regret. You should not say what is not in your heart—or what is only in your heart for a moment. But you know this—silence is better.”
― David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars