Act with honor, and Honor will aid you

I was ten,” I said. “Give me a little credit.” “To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but not credit. Or life insurance.” Abraham sounded amused. “You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child.

Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2)

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.

I am mountains that crush. I am waves that crash. I am storms that shatter. I am the end.

When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.