Landfall Quotes

“So, you can go through life afraid of losing—avoiding battles—or you can become a warrior and learn how to lose.” He looked at the kids. “That sounds funny. But what do we all really want? We want peace of mind. We’d love to win every battle we ever fight, but what we really want is not to be afraid of what losing entails. We fear the broken nose. We fear the broken heart. We fear the broken spirit. We fear what people will think of our failure. We fear letting others down. We fear being the victim. We fear knowing that we are just like everyone else—limited in strength and influence and power. And all we really want is not to care about these things—not to worry about our own fear. “A warrior doesn’t worry about fear because fear is just another battle that could be lost. A warrior accepts all losses. And yet fights to win. Always. A warrior fights, but always with his or her eyes open.”
― John McWilliams, Landfall

“Novikov self-consistency principle, which states that any event that would cause a paradox has a zero probability of happening.”
― John McWilliams, Landfall