Lorilee

“We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and see our illusions die.”
― W.H. Auden

“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”
― Viktor E. Frankl

“It is how we respond to loss that matters. That response will largely determine the quality, the direction, and the impact of our lives.”
― Jerry Sittser

“Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history?
A: I just kept reminding myself that every single component in this spacecraft was provided by the guy who submitted the cheapest tender.”
― Michael Collins