Dave

“It wasn’t a pleasant choice, but it remained my choice. I’ve come to believe that any choice we are truly free to make, no matter how bad the options, ought to be recognized as a privilege.”
― D.C. McElroy, Chene

“We like to draw straight lines from one event to another, this cause to that effect. But history is the illusion that a series of events tells a single story -- despite the fact that every event is a chaos that exceeds our comprehension.”
― D.C. McElroy, Chene

“Our mothers knew what we would soon learn: The future Lady of Gwynyr would likely select her core advisors from the ranks of her childhood playmates. We understood even as children that the power and prestige of our respective lines rested in no small measure upon our competing abilities to inspire fondness and trust in our young Lady Ascendant.”
― Dan Conover, Chene

“People like arguing about abstractions. Makes them feel clever. Law is the only abstraction that results in profit. So it pays the bills.”
― D.C. McElroy, Chene