Mike

“Why do you do that?” “Do what?” “Take something beautiful and vandalize it with skepticism?”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

“There wasn’t anything more to say, so I didn’t. That’s the thing about comforting—it’s almost more important to know when not to talk.”
― Craig Johnson, An Obvious Fact

“If you want to make use of the advantages of civilization, but are not prepared to concern yourself with the upholding of civilization—you are done.”
― José Ortega y Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses

“But you know, mon petite, what you got is a gift. And when de good Lord gives you a gift you have to use it. Dat's why he put you here on dis earth. Sometime it's gonna be to help a soul cross over to de other side to meet him. If dat's whey you gott do, den dat's what you gotta do. You can't just keep collecting de dead. You gonna have to find a way to take what you got and work wit dat.”
― Deborah Leblanc, Toe to Toe