Mike Behlen

“The responsible duty of making the toast was delegated to the Aged, and that excellent old gentleman was so intent upon it that he seemed to me in some danger of melting his eyes. It was no nominal meal that we were going to make, but a vigorous reality.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together,”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“The lieutenant, returning from a tour after a bandage, produced from a hidden receptacle of his mind new and portentous oaths suited to the emergency. Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.”
― Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage