Jason Stewart

“We are the sum total of what we have done and where we have been,”
― James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues

“Teach them the quiet verbs of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“though winning was better, it lacked that brittle sublimity, that slight wisdom one took from a game in which you played with all your heart and your effort fell short. I taught my boys that losing well was a gift, but that winning well was the stuff of authentic manhood. Losing, I told them, was good for your sense of proportion.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“I would much rather do battle with a sworn enemy than with an enemy who finds expediency in posing as a friend.”
― Daniel Silva, The Kill Artist