What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want to die. That, too, was mine; and it also i… - Richard E. Byrd

He who may have failed back there has his chance to make good here; and he will not be judged by the position he holds so
much as by the way he plays the game and does his job, however humble it may be....

The senses were isolated in soundless dark; so, for that matter, was the mind; but one was stayed, while the other possessed the flight of a falcon; and the free choice and opportunity of the one everlastingly emphasized the poverty of the other. From the depth of my being would sometimes surge a fierce desire to be projected spectacularly
into the living warmths and movements the mind revisited. Usually the desire had no special focus. It sought no single thing. Rather it darted and wavered over a panorama of human aspects-my family at dinner time, the sound of voices in a downstairs room, the cool feeling of rain.

He who may have failed back there has his chance to make good here;