Luke

“No, the problem was that cleverly winning a debate against an opponent of strong convictions didn't change minds. That only happened over time via the planting of seeds of doubt and their patient cultivation.

Pursuing winning a debate against an opponent in circumstances such as this was, more often than not, just a way to impress one's own allies and assuage one's own pride.

Her grandmother had spent years warning her of the idiocy and uselessness of that path in most situations.”
― John Bierce, The Lost City of Ithos

“Is it a patient’s fault if their living conditions, or concomitant diagnoses, or drug use disorder, or unmanaged side effects, or societal stigma result in them abandoning treatment?”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“And she likes *Star Wars*."

Morgan liked *Star Wars* — maybe she and Cassandra would get along with that in common?

"Original, Prequel, or Sequel?" Morgan asked.

Fuck. I should have considered *how much* Morgan liked *Star Wars*.

I shrugged. "I never asked."

"You married a girl you know *absolutely nothing* important about?”
― Daniel Kensington, Warlock: Book 3

“Say what you mean, nothing else. Wasted words are wasted time. Wasted time is wasted life.”
― Daniel Kensington, Warlock: Book 1