“Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink.”

“John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.”

“John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess.”

“John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote.”

“Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspec...”

“Because we have only one (life) we go about blundering along him nervous haste.”

“Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind, after nature has long since discharged them from external direction (naturaliter maiorennes), nevertheless remains under li...”

“If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.”

“Kevyn, I'm promoting you from Tech Sergeant to Munitions Commander. I want you to take responsibility for all Company weapons.Munitions Commander? Why me?I don't know. Call it "suspicion of extreme...”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

“Healing starts the moment you accept the truth about what has happened. But healing doesnt come quickly. When you know that death or pain has come, you face a moment when you stare that pain in the...”

“An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them.”

“There are no experts, only varying degrees of ignorance”

“The more I see of the country, the less I feel I know about it. There is a saying that after five years in the north every man is an expert; after ten years, a novice.”