Haldrin

“The Earl of Bellomont's prediction that the Piscataqua region would prosper if it invested in building battleships bore fruit. Several more British warships were constructed on the Piscataqua River, as well as on the island known as Rising Castle. And after 1776, the river would produce hundreds of naval vessels—delivered not to England but to the new country of America.”
― Peter Kurtz, Bluejackets in the Blubber Room: A Biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865

“Great,” Keagan said simply. “Nice to meet you, Miss Castle. I’m off for a week, so I won’t be around for a while.” He sounded relieved. “But Jack Smith”
― Kathryn Shay, The Betrayal

“そんな絵に描いたように満ち足り”
― J.K. Rowling, ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石 ハリー・ポッターシリーズ

“From Mike Markkula he had learned the importance of packaging and presentation. People do judge a book by its cover, so for the box of the Macintosh, Jobs chose a full-color design and kept trying to make it look better. “He got the guys to redo it fifty times,” recalled Alain Rossmann, a member of the Mac team who married Joanna Hoffman. “It was going to be thrown in the trash as soon as the consumer opened it, but he was obsessed by how it looked.” To Rossmann, this showed a lack of balance; money was being spent on expensive packaging while they were trying to save money on the memory chips. But for Jobs, each detail was essential to making the Macintosh amazing.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs