Barb

“She used to only play "Help Yourself," but now she only plays "Delilah." Is that normal?
"It's not unusual.”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser

“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”
― David McCullough Jr.

“A society that puts equality—in the sense of equality of outcome—ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.”
― Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice

“I don’t back out of a long and happy make-believe union just when things start getting rocky”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser