“There was a full moon in the starless sky. I thought how rarely I had noticed such things. Some deep failure of the soul perhaps. An inherited emptiness. A nothingness passed from generation to generation. A flaw in the psyche, discovered only by those who suffer by it.”

“in a matter of some generations all the stupid ones will die out and those with your discipline will inherit the Earth”

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.”

“In my South, the most treasured things passed down from generation to generation are the family recipes.”

“What a story it is. It is filled with suffering and hunger and cold and death. It is replete with accounts of freezing rivers that had to be waded through; of howling blizzards; of the long, slow climb up Rocky Ridge. with the passing of this anniversary year, it may become largely forgotten. But hopefully it will be told again and again to remind future generations of the suffering and the faith of those who came before. Their faith is our inheritance. Their faith is a reminder to us of the price they paid for the comforts we enjoy.”

“I wish the army had taught us how to navigate feelings as easily as they did a starless night sky.”