Steve Hardy

“PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of a million fools in the diction of a dullard. A fossil sentiment in artificial rock. A moral without the fable. All that is mortal of a departed truth. A demi-tasse of milk-and-mortality. The Pope's-nose of a featherless peacock. A jelly-fish withering on the shore of the sea of thought. The cackle surviving the egg. A desiccated epigram.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“And that’s what trust is. We don’t just trust people to obey the rules, we also trust that they know when to break them.”
― Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached.”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Host