Alan

“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“You’ll get more accomplished using honey and money than you will vinegar and fear,”
― James Rosone, Into the Fire

“We can’t change the past,” the captain said. “But we can repeat it. Put ourselves to the same test. That’s how you change the outcome. Rewrite your history. Make it right.”
― Craig DiLouie, Contact!

“Turner chuckled softly, “We’re about to go into battle against three tin cans and you’re maundering about campfires, Mug?” The quartermaster shrugged, “What can I say, Captain… I’m a complex guy over here.” Turner shook his head, “Yeah… natives, I’d imagine. Cooking late meals or just keeping animals away… imagine that? People living like it was still a thousand, two thousand years ago? And here we are, only a couple of miles off, two technologically advanced societies… the very flowers of human achievement… and all we can do is try and kill each other.” “Kinda makes you think, don’t it?” Turner sighed, “Yep… well, no time for that shit, we got our fellow man to slaughter… radar, sonar, bridge… how ‘bout it down there?”
― Scott Cook, Blood Warm Waters: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel