Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran

She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.

This was not a man who wanted to give up his mate. This was a man trying to do the honorable thing—and give her a choice, no matter hiw much it cost him.

New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don't think, if you could ask him, that he would have any regrets.

You get diminishing returns when you are restricted to your comfort zone

Innumerable victories are silently celebrated each day by those who maintain their courage.

What are you wearing?" "Coveralls. Shit-kickers. Long, latex gloves." He blinked. "can't wait to see you take them off.

There was always something new to be seen in the unchanging night sky.

Heroes exterminate each other for the benefit of people who are not heroes.

Luck does indeed favor the well prepared.

All work and no play doesn't just make Jill and Jack dull, it kills the potential of discovery, mastery, and openness to change and flexibility and it hinders innovation and invention.

My father [Erwin Rommel] believed that [Adolf] Hitler has a gift of touching the important points, the essential points.

It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.