Jon

“It is more profitable to give wages than to receive them.”
― William S. Burroughs, The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script

“There are people I love. There are people who have loved me. I fought for what I believed, protected those I could, and stood my ground against the encroaching darkness. Good enough.”
― James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath

“Distributed responsibility is the problem. One person gives the order, another carries it out. One can say they didn’t pull the trigger, the other that they were just doing what they were told, and everyone lets themselves off the hook.”
― James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath

“There are lots of ways to be gorgeous.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew