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![Carl Sagan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1475953320i/10538._UX200_CR0,36,200,200_.jpg)
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...
The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
![Ann Patchett](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1709053289i/7136914._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of fall .... [p.218 ff.]”
― Truth & Beauty
― Truth & Beauty
![Tucker Elliot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412311621i/3048807._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“I felt so much pride, so much love. You get a handful of days like this in a lifetime. Take in every minute. They’ll be over soon enough, and you never know what tomorrow will bring.”
― The Day Before 9/11
― The Day Before 9/11
![Garrett M. Graff](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1491664816i/893043._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“We met when we were only 16, at a high school dance. When he died, we were 50. I remember how I didn't want that day to end, terrible as it was. I didn't want to go to sleep because as long as I was awake, it was still a day that I shared with Sean. ~Beverly Eckert”
― The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
― The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
![Tucker Elliot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412311621i/3048807._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“I’m clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope. You have to be alive to feel pain. If you are alive, then you have purpose. If you have purpose, then you have hope.”
― The Day Before 9/11
― The Day Before 9/11
![Tucker Elliot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412311621i/3048807._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“This is my worst fear. It’s not keeping my students safe from terrorists, it’s knowing what to do when the Chaplain comes to take Johnny out of class because not letting the terrorists win means sometimes the good guys are going to die. And those good guys have kids, and they’re sitting in my classroom.”
― The Day Before 9/11
― The Day Before 9/11
![Tucker Elliot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412311621i/3048807._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“It’s hard to describe being an expatriate of sorts to people who’ve never lived overseas, but when you’re an American living in a geographically separated region within a country like Korea, you form bonds with people who you’d never associate with stateside.”
― The Day Before 9/11
― The Day Before 9/11
![Tucker Elliot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412311621i/3048807._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance—teachers tell students something about who they are, students pretend to care, and then vice-versa.”
― The Day Before 9/11
― The Day Before 9/11
![Tucker Elliot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412311621i/3048807._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“It was too late to pray, though. The sky was clear. The helicopters were gone. Too late for so many things. My fists hit the floor. My head hit the floor. My heart broke, hardened, and I lost my faith. That’s when the killing thoughts came. When it felt right to punish everyone who let this happen. I could start with Angel’s dad—but where would it stop?”
― The Day Before 9/11
― The Day Before 9/11
![Tucker Elliot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412311621i/3048807._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The only thing worse than his arrogance was his incompetence. He was a bully, behaving like an ass. I saw Angel though, not him. The memorial was right there, just outside the window. It’s in the flowers, and it makes me angry. Angel liked to sit on the couch, watch TV, eat chips. She hated outside. Maybe I should have been a bully and an ass to Angel’s parents. Maybe Angel and Grace would still be alive if I’d behaved like this piece of shit teacher.”
― The Day Before 9/11
― The Day Before 9/11
![Tony Blair](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209304830i/334180._UX200_CR0,59,200,200_.jpg)
“The Kaleidoscope has been shaken. The Pieces are in flux. Soon, They will SETTLE again. Before They do, let us RE-ORDER this world around us!!!”
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“9/11/01
Gina:
Especially today, with the enormity of current events, I want to convey to you again, how much you mean to me and how proud I am to be your husband. The hard work that you are engaged in right now is exhausting, invisible and largely thankless in the short term.
But honey, please know that buried at the core of this tedium is the most noble and important work in the world- God's work; the fruits of which you and I will be lucky enough to enjoy as we grow old together. Watching these little guys grow into men is a privilege that I am proud to share with you, and the perfect fulfillment of our marriage bonds.
You are a great mom.
You are a great wife.
You are my best friend.
You are very pretty.
Happy Birthday.
-Matt”
―
Gina:
Especially today, with the enormity of current events, I want to convey to you again, how much you mean to me and how proud I am to be your husband. The hard work that you are engaged in right now is exhausting, invisible and largely thankless in the short term.
But honey, please know that buried at the core of this tedium is the most noble and important work in the world- God's work; the fruits of which you and I will be lucky enough to enjoy as we grow old together. Watching these little guys grow into men is a privilege that I am proud to share with you, and the perfect fulfillment of our marriage bonds.
You are a great mom.
You are a great wife.
You are my best friend.
You are very pretty.
Happy Birthday.
-Matt”
―
“I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care.”
― No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
― No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
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