Douglas Brinkley · 736 pages
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“Unlike the Marines, who are given macho monikers like “jarheads,” the Coast Guard had long been denigrated in military circles as fey “puddle jumpers.” But just as 9/11 brought a newfound respect to firemen, Katrina did the same for the reputation of the Coast Guard. At the peak of rescue operations they had 62 aircraft, 30 cutters, and 111 small boats stepping up in rescue and recovery operations. They did it all one person at a time.”
“Salt Lake City has a monument to the seagulls, which in 1848 swooped down from the sky to devour a swarm of locusts, thereby saving Utah crops. They were known affectionately as the “Mormon Air Force.” Someday New Orleans should likewise honor the dragonfly. With their large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and outstretched bodies, dragonflies frighten most people. On Tuesday dragonflies blanketed New Orleans, hovering just inches above the smelly floodwater, eating every mosquito in sight.”
“History will remember the Superdome debacle—caused by the dearth of evacuation buses—as “Nagin’s Folly,” mayoral incompetence of the first order.”
“John McPhee’s 1989 book The Control of Nature, for”
“A crooked peace officer is just a damned abomination,” McCarthy wrote. “That’s all you can say about it. He’s ten times worse than the criminal.”48”
“I wish you way more than luck.”
“But I did what I had to do. We aren’t supposed to be with outsiders. These
are the rules we live by, and there’s a reason for them."
-Corinne Redford”
“Sometimes, thought Jane, the person who could make you happiest is the one you overlook, the one who waits patiently in the wings.”
“What's plan b?'
'We all die now.'
'What's plan c?”
“Когда Джонатан убедился, что суть человеческой свободы состоит во
владении общим на весь этаж туалетом и что он располагает этой существенной
свободой, его охватило чувство глубокого удовлетворения. Да, все-таки жизнь
свою он устроил хорошо! Его существование можно целиком и полностью назвать
счастливым. В нем ничего не было, а это тем более означает, что в нем не о
чем жалеть и незачем завидовать другим людям.”
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