Jeremy Bodden

“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?...Anyone can believe in someone, or something that always succeeds...But failure...ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value. Sometimes we just have to wait long enough...then we find out why exactly it was that we kept believing...There's always another secret.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Still, she tore some guy’s arm off, which was pretty badass of her. If we find it, and then find him, can we beat him to death with it?”
― Steve McHugh, Lies Ripped Open

“Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed.”
― Jim Butcher, Princeps' Fury

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