J.C. Shepard

“if he claimed there was a rock in a road at a certain point in a story, his readers knew that if they went to that spot they would find the rock”
― Louis L'Amour, Grub Line Rider

“The important thing is to accept that there will be people who believe differently than you, and to learn to live with those people as a community despite the differences.”
― Jenessa Gayheart, The Story of Eidolon: Including "The Thousand Years Ghost," "Trees of Change," and "Journey to the Past"

“He should stop me, but he doesn’t, because he’s intelligent and the downfall of all intelligent creatures is curiosity.”
― Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds

“The Scots studied the past to understand the present, and of course improve it. Like the ancient Greeks and the Chinese, they knew that those who lack a keen awareness of history are destined to “remain forever children in understanding,” as David Hume put it. Genius requires not only an accelerator but also a rearview mirror.”
― Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley