It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
-Mark Twain
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
To trust a stranger without investigation invites troubles so endless that even descendants must endure them. To rust a man who has not been tested and to suspect a man who has proven trustworthy lead alike to endless ills.
If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction.
-Scott Turow
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
-Dante Gabriel Rossetti
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb