Brian Rouse

“You are either going to have to find some other way to live or some other place in the world to do it in.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Child of God

“A mule doesn’t like to plow. But he likes carrots. So you hang a carrot in front of his eyes. A mule without a carrot gets exhausted. A mule with a carrot spends a long time being tired.”
― Richard Bachman, The Long Walk

“What is the son but an extension of the father?”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“He puts his claw against the divider. “Fist my bump.”

“Fist-bump. It’s just ‘fist-bump.’”

“Understand.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary