Jonathan

“Broad kept sweeping. He'd learned in Styria there's a lot of things that are better not thought about. Couldn't be a coincidence that the happiest men Broad had ever known were generally the stupidest.”
― Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred

“But Muir would not allow Sargent to get away with this. "Who cares where you wear your little heart, man," Muir countered, "there you stand in the face of all Heaven come down to Earth, like a critic of the universe, as if to say, "Come, Nature, bring on the best you have: I'm from BOSTON!”
― Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

“It is an analyst's cliche that Pakistan is not a country with an army but an army with a country”
― David Loyn, The Long War: The Inside Story of America and Afghanistan Since 9/11

“I will practice humility: putting my beloved before myself, expecting no praise or reward, for now we are joined in all things.

I will practice compassion: giving gratitude for my beloved, suffering when they suffer, for now we are joined in all things.

I will practice courage: for protecting my beloved from harm, facing all fears from within or without, for now we are joined in all things.

I will practice goodness: offering freely of myself to my beloved, honoring and caring for each other in body and soul, for now we are joined in all things.

I make this pledge to you and you alone, under the eyes of the gods in Heaven, from this moment until the last one of my life.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City