Drake Finlay

“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.”
― Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, Part I

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade

“I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".”
― Andy Weir, The Martian