Benjamin K.

“In the brief respite, James tore up part of the flooring and leaped down into an underground vault or drain. Unluckily for him, he had recently caused the egress from this chamber to be walled up because his tennis balls had sometimes been lost there.”
― Gordon Donaldson, Scottish Kings

“After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman said after hanging up. "Harry's such a wonderful man... I knew he'd call.")”
― A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

“It seemed that if it weren't for bad luck, the NHL would have no luck at all. And yet they persevered.”
― Bob Duff, The First Season: 1917-18 and the Birth of the NHL

“From this point onward, all that mattered was the faithful completion of his task... the words might not even be heard. Yet he also knew that the mission was not so much about success but about whether he stood firm in obedience. It was the cross, rooted in the dust of the earth, watered by the blood of God's servants, the sign pointing to heaven, soaring upward into pure light.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Elijah in Jerusalem