My Commonplace Book

“There comes a point in everybody’s life when you realize the stakes have suddenly changed. The carefree ride of your life slams into a stone wall; all those years of merely bouncing along, life taking you where you want to go, abruptly end.” – James Patterson, 2nd Chance

“Sometimes things that seem unconnected are actually part of a larger plan. Not your plan, to be sure, but someone else’s plan.” – Nelson DeMille, Up Country.