“Because a scar means you survived. It means you’re tough and hard to kill. It means you lived. A scar is something to admire.”
“Well, far as I see it, there’s no putting a price on pain, if’n you follow. Everyone’s entitled to their own. Would be a strange thing t’ say that some pain is easier ’an others without knowin’ what it’s like in another’s shoes, if’n that makes sense.”
― Murtagh
― Murtagh
“Black space, blue world, just like the pictures, but with the startling high resolution of reality. Art stared down at West Africa and a great wave of nausea rolled through every cell of him.”
― Green Mars
― Green Mars
“But sometimes, if you work very hard, you can mend a break so that it’s stronger than before.”
― Murtagh
― Murtagh
“You are still doing important things, contributing your own small piece to the world we live in. We must never forget this. Your efforts today will affect people you will never know. It is your choice whether that effect is positive or negative. You can choose every day, every minute, to act in a way that may uplift a stranger, or else drag them down. The choice is easy. And it is yours to make.”
― The Happiest Man on Earth
― The Happiest Man on Earth
“He smiled at Elise, “Lunch?” She smiled briefly in return and looked at her notes. “I think I should type these as soon as possible.” “But you do have to eat. You must conserve your strength for your typing.” She was about to retort sharply when Admiral Sims’ voice boomed from his office. “For God’s sake, Elise, go to lunch with him or you’ll never get anything done.”
― 1920: America's Great War
― 1920: America's Great War
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