Rich

“I didn’t mind getting old when I was young, either,” I said. “It’s the being old now that’s getting to me.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“When you hear hoof beats, think horses before you think zebras.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, In Hero Years... I'm Dead

“Civilization has a relatively precarious hold upon us and there is an undoubted attraction in a life of absolute freedom once it has been tasted. The ‘call o’ the wild’ is in the blood of many of us and finds its safety valve in adventure.”
― David Grann, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

“I don’t try to abolish reality by shutting my eyes, nor do I gobble garbage.”
― Rex Stout, Where There's a Will