“ [O]ld enough to be wise yet young enough to be willing to partake in an arduous crusade. ”
for a purpose without reason
~ Donald Kingsbury
One cannot take a coward on dangerous missions or trust one’s fortune to a fool. How then are cowards and fools to be employed?
A woman stood in front of her with the peculiar poise that comes before the discovery of age and after the loss of innocence.
A man who never makes mistakes has long since ceased to do anything new. A man who is always making mistakes is a doomed man with swollen ambitions. But he who judiciously salts success with mistake is the rapid learner.
