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“I'd left them because I'd loved them. Beth and my parents and my friends and my life-my free, American life. I loved them, and if I had a chance to protect them from the people who wanted to destroy them then I had to take that chance even if it meant I would never see them again.” LoveLifeFreedomLiberty Book:The Truth of the Matter Source: The Truth of the Matter
“He had one more glimpse of them as he pulled the Jeep out: three figures captured in the headlights, a child clinging to a woman, a man with his arms around the woman’s shoulders, the snow coming down on them, man, woman, and child, like figures in a Christmas globe.” FamilyFamily ValuesFamily QuotesChristmas Romance Book:When Christmas Comes Source: When Christmas Comes
“The unexamined life is not worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining.” LifeExamined LifeUnlived Life Book:The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ Source: The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ
“There's a school of thought today that rejects patriotism. People are made nervous by that intense allegiance to a country. They think it can only lead to war and bloodshed and that fights can be avoided if we all just compromise and get along. And, of course, compromise and getting along are great things as long as you're not sacrificing essential values. But I believe there's a line in the sand, some things that you have to be willing to stand up for, even if it means trouble. Charlie's patriotism is not blind, flag-waving jingoism: it's an intense allegiance to the American concept of liberty. He's through and through. He can talk about it and explain it. And he's shown he's willing to give everything for it. I admire him for that.” InspirationalWarPhilosophyAmericaFreedomAttitudeLibertyPatriotismBeliefsRight And WrongRight And Wrong In Philosophy Author:Andrew Klavan
“North," said the face beneath the sheet. "I belong to the National Association of Broadcasting Employees and Technicians. If you wake me up before I've slept twelve hours, I get paid short turnaround." "But Rose--" "If you wake me up before seven hours, I get to push a screwdriver into your lungs." — from "The Scarred Man” HumorSleep Author:Andrew Klavan
“Free people can treat each other justly, but they can't make life fair. To get rid of the unfairness among individuals, you have to exercise power over them. The more fairness you want, the more power you need. Thus, all dreams of fairness become dreams of tyranny in the end.” PeopleWantNeedsEndsDreamIndividualExerciseFairsTreatsTyrannyFairnessUnfairness Author:Andrew Klavan
“The trouble with straw men is it only takes a single match to set them ablaze.” MenTroubleStraws Author:Andrew Klavan
“The world always seems like it's going to hell when you're depressed. And, of course, it always is going to hell in some way. That's what makes it so hard to tell the difference between Armageddon and the blues.” WorldWayHardSeemsCoursesDifferencesHellArmageddon Author:Andrew Klavan
“I voted fror Trump because I genuinely thought that Hillary Clinton was a threat to the American experiment. I usually do not talk in those big terms, but she did not believe in free speech, her hatred of the Citizens United ruling indicated to me that she believed that speech should be controlled. I voted for Trump, 5% of my mind was thinking the guy is Hitler. There was a five percent chance that I am making a huge mistake.” ThinkingMindBelieveGuyTermChanceMistakeHatredThreatClintonFree Speech Author:Andrew Klavan
“You know what it's like," said Storm, "when you want to--just--pour a woman into a glass and--just-drink her--just drink her down, one gulp, body and soul?” KnowsWantSaidSoulBodyDrinkGlassesStorm Author:Andrew Klavan
“If you're not at least willing to die for something- something that really matters- in the end, you die for nothing.” IfsEndsMatterDiesWillingWilling To Die Book:The Homelanders Source: The Homelanders
“A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which one is gonna hit you on the head, you'll choose the feather every single time.” IfsEndsRocksHarderExceptionFeathers Author:Andrew Klavan
“Life's funny chucklehead. You only get one and you don't want to throw it away. But you can't really live it at all unless you're willing to give it up for the things you love. If you're not at least willing to die for something-something that really matters-in the end you die for nothing.” IfsWantGivingEndsMatterDiesWillingThings You LoveWilling To Die Author:Andrew Klavan
“No one starts out with the answers. You figure them out as you go and you learn from the people who figured them out before you.” PeopleAnswersFigures Book:The Homelanders Source: The Homelanders
“Good things might happen in your life or bad things might happen, sometimes terrible things, but no matter what happens, your soul is your own. And no one and nothing can stop you.” SoulSometimesMatterMightHappensTerribleNo Matter WhatGood ThingsYour SoulBad ThingsTerrible Things Author:Andrew Klavan
“Funny how people don't really see each other. Men and women. They invent each other in their minds and then they see what they invent.They don't really see each other. Now she was in love with him and she didn't even know his real name, didn't know anything real about him.” PeopleKnowsMenMindRealNamesMen And Women Book:Dynamite Road Source: Dynamite Road
“There are things you can describe in life and things you just can’t. There are dangers and adventures, miseries and fear that you can tell about… well, then there’s hope and joy and love – and those are beyond the power of words to describe.” WellsJoyDangerAdventureAnd LoveMiseryPower Of Words Author:Andrew Klavan
“This isn't just 'the way things are.' This is the way you made them. This is the result of your choices, your actions. Yours.” WayMadeActionChoicesResults Book:Empire of Lies Source: Empire of Lies
“If someone from the government tries to put his hands on your money... run away as fast as you can and tell the nearest conservative.” IfsTryingHandsGovernmentRunningPoliticsConservativeRunning Away Author:Andrew Klavan