Rich

“Just because you’re not dead doesn’t mean you’re alive.”
― Brad Meltzer, The Escape Artist

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

“Like doctors, lawyers, plumbers, and many others, I get my income from the necessities, the tribulations, and the misfortunes of my fellow beings.”
― Rex Stout, Too Many Clients

“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