Marlin Beam

“As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where he went to nursery school. His family left there in the midsixties and moved to the Congo. After that, it was Ethiopia, and then Somalia, all fine places in his opinion.
'Let's save Africa and the Middle East for when I decide to quit living,' I said.”
― David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed in Flames

“There is some evidence that Huma Abedin knew that her husband continued his sexting compulsion, even after quitting Congress in disgrace. She blamed herself for bailing out of couples counseling, according to friends quoted in the New York Post.”
― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives

“If an enemy ship cannot be taken over by our own crews, it must be sunk! There is to be no deviation from that!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Full Story of the Anglo-Saxon Invasion

“The struggle doesn’t end just because you know the way. That’s when it’s only beginning.”
― Paullina Simons, The Summer Garden