Nick Stango

“Disasters make us who we are. Natural and unnatural.”
― Kurt Schlichter, The Attack

“and the kids. I see them a lot, mostly on weekends. After we divorced, she married a guy who had been a soldier. That’s good though, you know, because if there’s trouble he can be there to protect the kids.”
― Kurt Schlichter, The Attack

“was not. I finally got home, locked myself in my house, and got out a golf club to brain anyone coming in. No one came that time, but I was done being a victim. Once things got under control, I replaced my nine-iron with a nine-millimeter. I have been a prepper ever since. I learned about guns, of course. I learned to shoot, then to make my own ammo, then to gunsmith. I learned survival medicine – I am basically an EMT. I learned about food in an austere environment, and how to get safe water. There is this whole plethora of skills our pioneer ancestors knew, but we forgot. We outsourced them to other people, which is fine – when everything works. When it doesn’t, then you have a problem.”
― Kurt Schlichter, The Attack

“You know, a landscape, more than any other feature of a home, reflects the character of the owner.” And if that stung, and you asked why, she would tell you that it was because it was evolving and aging just like you were, and how you handled it was how you handled yourself.”
― Peter Heller, The Last Ranger