" The point I’m trying to make,” he soldiered on, “is we don’t have the luxury of perfection. We gave that up when we decided to be leaders. We sacrifice for our people, and that starts at home, with us. You and I will always pay the most for the choices we’ve made that brought us here.” “You’re making me nervous, Stud.” “We have to stop waiting,” he said patiently, one eye twitching at the nickname. “We have to be willing to live our lives, even if it’s in the eye of a hurricane. "

― Hailey Edwards , Moment of Truth (The Potentate of Atlanta #5)