“...the decent deathlike apathy of weary civilized people, in whom natural curiosity has been quenched in toil and care and poor, shallow comfort.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Men in the past who were indifferent to their partners having sex with other men are not our evolutionary ancestors.”— David Buss, amazon.com
“Dante, in his Inferno, reserves the lowest level of hell for betrayers of friends.”— Wes Yoder, amazon.com
“I would rather have to reign in the overeager war horse than to prod the reluctant mule.”— Steven Pressfield, Moshe Dayan, amazon.com
“Maxima bella ex levissimus causis. (The greatest feuds have had the smallest beginnings.)”— William Penn, amazon.com
“It is hard to make that boat go as fast as you want to. The enemy, of course, is resistance of the water, as you have to displace the amount of water equal to the weight of men and equipment, but that very water is what supports you and that very enemy is your friend. So is life: the very problems y…”— George Yeoman Pocock, Gordon Newell, amazon.com
“One of the first admonitions of a good rowing coach, after the fundamentals are over, is 'pull your own weight,' and the young oarsman does just that when he finds out that the boat goes better when he does. There is certainly a social implication here.”— George Yeoman Pocock, Gordon Newell, amazon.com
“The supreme mystery of existence is this: that, perceiving it for what it is, we yet cling to it. And existence, despite all, discovers measures to reanimate our desolated hearts.”— Steven Pressfield, amazon.com
“'You came this close, Alcibiades.' 'Close captures no crowns.' 'God grant that be your epitaph.'”— Steven Pressfield, amazon.com
“He has mistakes in his past. I have mistakes in mine. The fact that we actually are each other’s mistakes is irrelevant!”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“Every day is a gift, Jake. Of course sometimes it’s a really horrible gift that you don’t want.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“People who are spared tension are likely to create it either in a healthy or unhealthy way.”— Victor E. Frankl, amazon.com
“She didn’t understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder while others made one tiny, careless mistake and paid a terrible price.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com