Practical Adept Quotes

“We all have a childhood we spend the rest of our lives coming to terms with,”
― Terry Mancour, Practical Adept

“That’s just the natural reaction to power,” I contended.  “Put any man in charge of something, and when he runs into trouble he’s going to believe it’s because he just doesn’t have enough power.  It doesn’t matter how much or how little he actually has, it’s never enough for the situation.”
― Terry Mancour, Practical Adept

“And dust covered everything.”
― Terry Mancour, Practical Adept

“A good father loves all his daughters exactly the same, in completely different ways.”
― Terry Mancour, Practical Adept

“It invoked, instead, the idea that your gifts, talents, and advantages should be employed for reasons beyond personal gain, with the measure of your success being the satisfaction you see in how your efforts improve the lives of the people around you.”
― Terry Mancour, Practical Adept