Brandon Hartzell

“Death's power lies in fear, which flourishes in the imagination and the unknown.”
― Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest

“(Ben) Franklin was never content to let opportunity find him.”
― H.W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

“But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? . . . while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points,' one can surely only recognize such moments in retrospect. Naturally, when one looks back to such instances today, they may indeed take the appearance of being crucial, precious moments in one's life; but of course, at the time, this was not the impression one had . . . There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeemable.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

“. . . before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience,' said Atticus.”
― harper lee, To Kill a Mockingbird