8 Quotes by T. Ellery Hodges

I’m sorry I’m here, waiting in the dark like this, Johnathon. I had to be sure I could slip away if you were not alone. Of course, I doubt a statement like that would put anyone at else.

It’s okay to lose to opponent,” says the teacher, “but must not lose to fear.

It doesn’t translate perfectly, but the gist is this; fear is the heart alone.

I only trust a man with power when he is wise enough not to want it.

Some things get worse when you share them,” Jonathan said. “Dad was wise enough not to forget that.” Evelyn looked at him and waited, seeming to hope that if he had said this much, he might say more. “Mother,” he said, “there is not enough guilt in the world to make me forget it, either.

He ran his hand down the surface and felt some imperfections in the steel near the center. He flipped it over to see that the alien had put an engraving into one of the surfaces. “Excali-bar,” Jonathan said out loud. He smiled, rolling his eyes at the alien’s sense of humor.

I have not voted in a human presidential election for quite some time, Jonathan. Admittedly, it may not be my place. Still, do you know what really stops me from selecting a candidate?” Jonathan listened but mostly focused on containing his nausea. “It’s a paradox, I know. It just seems that anyone smart enough to know the responsibility of such a seat of power would never be dumb enough to apply for it.

As mankind has come to find, there is a dilemma in purging destructive beliefs from society as a whole. To do so is to be guilty of the very thing you abhor: to conclude one view as superior to another’s.