Willard Brickey

“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“When the first giant bones were found in the 1820s and 1830s, scientists felt obliged to explain the bones as belonging to some oversize variant of a modern species. This was because it was believed that no species could ever become extinct, since God would not allow one of His creations to die. Eventually it became clear that this conception of God was mistaken, and the bones belonged to extinct animals.”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

“I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
― A.J. Cronin