“I'm good at what I do.'
'And what is that?' Vikter challenged.
'Killing.”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“Just as plants need water to grow, skills need practice to thrive.”
Source: These Words Pour Like Rain
“The same is true for your life—the grind is just a part of your progress toward success and a better future. The grind is not the suck. Instead, it is your escape from your suck.”
Source: Suck Less, Do Better: The End of Excuses & the Rise of the Unstoppable You
“Having an affair with your good friend's wife while he's in an institution and your wife is in a hospital ranks somewhere between Benedict Arnold and the guy who invented Girls Gone Wild on the spectrum of Total Dickheads in American History.”
Source: How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country
“If Peggy's personal star was on the rise, Arnold's was in freefall as their respective ships headed into the high seas.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“To soften relations between the two groups and meet Philadelphia's fashionable young beauties, Arnold hosted a ball at the... City Tavern with a guest list that included Tories and neutralists, as well as patriots. Inevitably the 'disaffected' emerged triumphant, their beaded gowns gleaming in the candlelight, their two-feet--high hairdos towering over the caps of patriot woman in their crude clothes.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“Peggy was equally enchanted with the older, more sexually experienced Arnold. Long after their honeymoon and first years of marriage, she continued to praise Arnold as 'the best of husbands.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“Raised in an era when women were valued for their sexuality, solicitude , and silence, the eighteen year old stood loyally by Arnold's side.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“Contradictory emotions roiled over her; grief over Arnold's thwarted plans and their mutual hopes for a large reward; relief that her husband was safe, coupled with doubts abut their marriage. Would she ever see Arnold again?”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“The former Philadelphia belle's evolution from the fragile, compliant bride fo the American traitor to a restrained wife was remarkable enough, but what followed was even more surprising: a revelation of strengths Peggy long held in reserve.
Her transition was born of necessity.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married