“Leftie loosely is the way to relax a set old screwas rightie tightly thinksnew bullshit to pursue”

“Imagine this:Ice is coming to YOUR house.Can you HEAR it knocking?Are you ready?What will YOU do?”

“If practice makes you perfectshouldn't good behavior be addedto the curriculum”

“Comfort is a well-wornpair of shoesseconds before thestrap breaks”

“Heated is what you get when you rub faith and instinct together.”

“I’m not studying the heroes who lead navies—and armies—and win wars. I’m studying ordinary people who you wouldn’t expect to be heroic, but who, when there’s a crisis, show extraordinary bravery and self-sacrifice. Like Jenna Geidel, who gave her life vaccinating people during the Pandemic. And the fishermen and retired boat owners and weekend sailors who rescued the British Army from Dunkirk. And Wells Crowther, the twenty-four-year-old equities trader who worked in the World Trade Center. When it was hit by terrorists, he could have gotten out, but instead he went back and saved ten people, and died. I’m going to observe six different sets of heroes in six different situations to try to determine what qualities they have in common.”

“It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. Inner values versus shallow appearances.”