“ Beg pardon? I detected large deposits of vanity. Vanity is the softest of bedrocks to sink shafts into. David Mitchell
“ I raised you so high that every other man on earth is now doomed to live in your shadow. Ranata Suzuki
“ The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest. Georges Bataille
“ My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days… Gillian Flynn
“ Most police cars are the equivalent of an electrical room on wheels and it does not surprise me that police officers that spend time in such a biologically toxic environment are displaying aggression. Steven Magee
“ One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations. Anthony Liccione
“ It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease. Steven Kassels
“ The creative adult is the child who survived after the world tried killing them, making them grown up. The creative adult is the child who survived the blandness of schooling, the unhelpful words of b… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.... What are the words you do not yet have? What are… Audre Lorde
