Erik Larson

“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility, you sometimes can’t even hear crickets chirruping.”
― Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd

“How passionately we love everything that cannot last: the dazzling crystallory of winter, the spring in bloom, the fragile flight of butterflies, crimson sunsets, a kiss, and life.”
― Dean Koontz, Brother Odd

“Free will,” she agreed, “our greatest gift, the thing that makes life worth living, in spite of all the anguish it brings.”
― Dean Koontz, Saint Odd