Jess Harrington

“Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Sometimes a chicken can save a man’s life.”
― Mary Roach, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

“when soldiers were left to their own devices, the vast majority of them, on all sides, could not kill.”
― Dave Grossman, On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace

“I can't stand how much like my dreams you smell; it's torture. You are torture. You wear metal on your skin like you're made of it, and it bites at me every time you're around. No matter how many showers I take, I smell your scent on me, on this ship, while I'm trying to sleep. I don't understand it, and can't stand it. I can't stand how I want you so badly and don't at the same time, because you're what I've been looking for, and I don't know what it means to have found it.”
― Jacqueline Koyanagi, Ascension

“Whatever the challenge, never quit, never give up, never surrender.”
― Charles M. Grist