Rocket Boys

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.

All I’ve done is give you a book,” she said. “You have to have the courage to learn what’s inside it.

I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.

You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and ultimately, yourselves. Remember this: The only good citizen is the well-educated citizen.

There’s a plan. If you’re willing to fight it hard enough, you can make it detour for a while, but you’re still going to end up wherever God wants you to be. G

We had to start somewhere, either succeed or fail, and then build what we knew as we went along.