Bud Enos

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. ”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“He looked at the stars again, and he realized that it's not the stars that create light, but rather light that creates the stars.”
― Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“Later still, the war memorials would sprout from the earth, dwelling not on the loss, but on what the loss had won, and what a fine thing it was to be victorious. “Victorious and dead,” some muttered, “is a poor sort of victory.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

“An argument ensued about abundance, leisure, work, nature, and what a second girl kept calling 'the American way.' When I asked her what she meant by 'the American way,' she said, 'Basically the destruction of everything--the world, your happiness, your soul, everything. The complete package. Evil and war. That's who we are, Mr. Countryman.' ”
― David Guterson, The Other