Chandler

“My line of thoughts about dogs is analogous. A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones. And their passing moods may reflect the passing moods of others.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“Slow down. Make a point of revisiting passages that seem especially rich, or especially confusing, or for that matter especially offensive.”
― Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

“Contrary to the writings of some historians, Monroe's proclamation was entirely his own creation-not Adam's. The assertion that Adams authored the "Monroe Doctrine" is not only untrue, it borders on the ludicrous by implying that President Monroe was little more than a puppet manipulated by another's hand. Such assertions show little insight into the presidency itself and the type of man who aspires to and assumes that office; indeed, they denigrate the character, the intellect, the intensity and the sense of power that drive American presidents.”
― Harlow Giles Unger, The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness

“There are an estimated forty square miles of vacant land in Detroit, enough to fit San Francisco inside just what’s been abandoned.”
― Drew Philp, A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City