
As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness. —
Gloria D. Gonsalves

In 1890, nearly everyone died on the job, and if they lived long enough not to die on the job, the average age of retirement was 85. —
Robert Fogel

You carry the message you've been seeking, but realization of it is found in healthy retrospection, not among the wilderness of chaotic noise. —
T.F. Hodge