Patrick Cooper

“Seek the peace of oblivion, and bask in the joy of your own sensation.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“The difficult we can do immediately; the impossible will take a little longer.”
― James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

“Holden had once dated a Buddhist who said that death was merely a different state of being, and people only feared the unknown that lay behind that transition. Death without warning was preferable, as it removed all fear.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“progress, the concept that individuals, and humanity in general, move forward and improve based on a steady increase of knowledge and the wisdom that comes from conquering adversity.”
― Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life