A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

by Hank Green

ultimately, billions of people decide every day to be decent and kind, but one person decides to be powerful for a moment and now I have to talk about it or people will be like, “But what about the shooting?”

We can blame those people, but the only thing a mass murder “means” is that we’ve made it too easy to kill.

If the book hadn’t told me to tell her to do it, I absolutely would not have.

You do many things that are illegal, but I will not ask you to do anything that is wrong.

“The Book of Good Times,” said the cover.

Companies don’t close because people dislike them.

The point is, if you want to be happy, let go of your wants. If you want to be effective, harness them.

There are no great men, only moments when power is unleashed,

An idea is not good just because it can make money.

(god willing).

The most impactful thing you can do with power is almost always to give it away.

Yeah, but we had to make a comfortable life for ourselves and Paulette. Paulette is our monkey.