M.T. Anderson

"I shall speak of love...And of hate.It is truly a marvel, but I tell you, hatred and love may live cramped together, crouching in the same heart."

"Hope, belief, and despair are not simply moods. They change our physical performance. They alter how quickly we react, how hard we fight, how quick we are to give up.- Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad."