“Hitler is the rare individual who really did make history - specifically he made it worse.”

“History is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.”

“History is rarely made by reasonable men.”

“...why be an average person? All the great achievements of history have been made by strong individuals who refused to consult statistics or to listen to those who could prove convincingly that what they wanted to do, and in fact ultimately did do, was completely impossible”

“Looking at him made things worse. It wrapped her closer to him and made her want to drag in every breath of air that specifically made him Thayer.”

“To be really honest, I think if anybody did derive comfort from the fact that 'there's always someone worse off than yourself,' they'd have to be a pretty sad and sick individual. If I've sprained my wrist, I'm not made happier by the thought that someone somewhere has broken their leg!”