I did not want to avoid service. I did realize reservists could be called up, and that it was something that I wanted to do.

We give this practice two thumbs down!

Why is he scared of the dark?"I meant the words for a joke, but Shade nodded seriously. "Like all monsters. Because it reminds him of what he truly is".

If my stupidity makes you smile, I rather prefer to act always as stupid.

He was free-free to choose to swing from a tree for the afternoon rather than mend fences or train horses. He was free to live.

The thing about life, about change, is there are always lessons. Some are subtle, others not, and sometimes it takes being ripped out of your comfort zone to finally get it—then it’s transformative.

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

Life is the greatest art of all, and the master artist is the man who is living the beautiful life.

It was like being given a maths problem when your brain's exhausted, and you know there's some far-off solution, but you can't work up the energy even to give it a go. Something in me just gave up.

the Bible is used as a means of reinforcing their [women's] subordination to men through divine sanction.

Galileo got it wrong. The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around you and has been doing so for decades. At least, this is the model you are using.

When the forces that hold it together go away, the body must fall.