“I swear,” Mark whispered, “excess suspicion makes us bigger fools than excess trust does.” - Lois McMaster Bujold

Now there’s this about cynicism, Sergeant. It’s the universe’s most supine moral position. Real comfortable. If nothing can be done, then you’re not some kind of shit for not doing it, and you can lie there and stink to yourself in perfect peace.

I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.

It’s never too late while you’re breathing.