Paul Shealy

“Rights are not rights when they are contingent on the favor of government or political leaders.”
― Pete Hegseth, The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free

“It was not so bad to be an old man, drifting. Soon to see the Light. He wondered what it would be like to enter the Presence. They said there would be a fierce blinding light. How could they know, any of them? He wondered: Do you see all the old friends? At what age will they be? Will I see my father?”
― Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels

“They keep us fighting among ourselves like dogs for table scraps so we won’t catch them making off with the feast.”
― Dennis Lehane, Small Mercies

“They's evil in people that make little if any sense, and trying to figure them out does a person little to no good.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories