James Stapleton

“What I need to do,” Wayne said, “is get the whole city drunk.” “Or, you know, advocate workers’ rights to bring down working hours, improve conditions, and meet a base minimum of pay.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“Bother me? Why would it? Immortality is damn convenient.” “Don’t know about that,” Wayne said. “Seems to me that it would be nice to finally be done, you know? It’s like … like you’re running a race, and you don’t know quite where the end is, but you got an idea. An’ you only need to make it that far. I can do that, I figure. But you, you don’t have no end.” “You actually sound like you want to die.” “Someday,” Wayne said. “Huh. Maybe I should get into politics.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“He wasn’t sure which side of the argument he came down on, but at least he wasn’t going around melting people for an audience. Besides, for the moment he figured he’d choose the side that wasn’t actively trying to kill him. He strolled and stuck”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“The numbers were huge. Over the first ten years of universal coverage, Clapsis estimated that the hospitals would enjoy an extra $200 billion to $250 billion, maybe more.”
― Steven Brill, America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System