Logan Ledman

“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
By the false azure in the windowpane;
I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I
Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

“Tis late to hearken, late to smile,
But better late than never;
I shall have lived a little while
Before I die for ever.”
― A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

“Some seed the bird devours,
And some the season mars,
But here and there will flower
The solitary stars,

And fields will yearly bear them,
As light-leaved spring comes on,
And luckless lads will wear them
When I am dead and gone.”
― A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

“Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22