“courage takes multiple forms. That it doesn’t have to be skydiving or bungee jumping. That for some people just getting up every day is an act of courage. That the smallest act can have the biggest effect.”
― The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland
― The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland
“suppose, if you had to call it something, you could say that that was our civil war. It was too big a thing, too tied up in moral certainties to be called a mutiny, too small and ultimately futile to be called a revolution.”
― Wasteland
― Wasteland
“And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.”
― Extinction Evolution
― Extinction Evolution
“His theory is that in order to function, most people have to ignore reality, or at least most of it. Otherwise, all of the horrible things in life—child slavery, acts of war, the pesticides jam-packed into every other bite of food you put in your mouth, knowing that you’re a day closer to dying when you open your eyes each morning—would be so overwhelming that no one would ever get out of bed.”
― Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
― Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
“Integrity isn’t something you have in some parts of your life and not in others. You either have it, or you don’t.”
― When Never Comes
― When Never Comes
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