Jared Minard

“I’m a hard nut to crack, and I take it standing up.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“[On ascending the platform to his execution] I pray you, I pray you, Mr Lieutenant, see me safe up and for my coming down, I can shift for myself.”
― Thomas More

“We must live with our own conscience. Each and every one of us must live with his own conscience.”
― Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying

“We both rolled our eyes when my old-school mother clucked at us, "Enjoy them while you can because they'll be grown up before you know it." Now, even just a few years into it, we were realising she was right. Hers was a well-worn cliché but one we could already see was steeped in truth. The boys were growing up fast, and each week ended another little chapter that could never again be revisited.”
― John Grogan, Marley and Me