Patrick Cooper > Patrick's Quotes

“progress, the concept that individuals, and humanity in general, move forward and improve based on a steady increase of knowledge and the wisdom that comes from conquering adversity.”
― Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

“Holden had once dated a Buddhist who said that death was merely a different state of being, and people only feared the unknown that lay behind that transition. Death without warning was preferable, as it removed all fear.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“Seek the peace of oblivion, and bask in the joy of your own sensation.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“there was an awful lot a man could be saying fuck about. That’s the beauty of the word. It can mean just about anything, depending on how things stand. Horror, shock, pain, fear, worry. None were out of place.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes

“The difficult we can do immediately; the impossible will take a little longer.”
― James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era