Jake Wood

Quotes

• “You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a person.There is no ...”
• “I was not descending in a plane, coming Home. I was watching an alien world as it ascended towards me - and one that I c...”
• “Failure is another emotion I cannot stand to feel, because in adult life I have conditioned myself not to fail at anythi...”
• “My mother describes me as 'a real hero . . . just like your grandfather'. But I do not know what to do with this accolad...”
• “My family says they are proud of me. Of course, I would rather hear this than the contrary, but I cannot say that I am p...”
• “...my ability to trust had been shattered into splinters, its fragmented shards slicing through every darkened recess of...”
• “We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afgha...”