From school desks with inkwells and scratchy nibs on paper…

“Sometimes I think that's the trouble with the world: too many people in high places who are stone-cold dead.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The past is dangerous, not least because it cannot go away. It is simply there , never to change, and in its constancy it…

— Anthony Esolen

“Events cast their shadows ahead; before a harsh winter, wild animals grow thicker fur, and the beaver puts on a thicker layer of fat.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“These things happen. And we say to ourselves, “Never again.” And a hundred years pass. And they happen. Again.”

— Qntm

“We live in an era where everyone is terrified of being caught trying. So, the defense mechanism is to pretend you never gave a…

— Lokesh Tuli

“Last summer, in London at least, the hoodie was transformed from a benign piece of leisurewear into a uniform for the disaffected, the angry,…

— Mark Capell

“Remember it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.”

— Apostle Paul -- Letter to the Romans

I know the police cause you trouble They cause trouble everywhere But when you die and go to heaven You find no policeman there

— Woody Guthrie

“What a luxury to turn your back on luxury.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“One problem with the division of labor in our complex economy is how it obscures the lines of connection, and therefore of responsibility, between…

— Michael Pollan

“Social proof is a flame to the human mind moth, and it leaves a fire trail of destruction across the path of enough.”

— Will Jelbert

“Goodreads sports some of the social awkwardness of middle school. If you are looking for a friend, I promise no matter your background or…

— Red Phoenix

“You see man we are just fucking extras!! Extras in a capitalist blockbuster!~page 75”

— Winshluss

“..."You're getting a sort of vaccination this year. If you don't know it now, you'll find it out some day. But it's going to…

— Ruth Sawyer

“In practice nobody cares if work is useful or useless, productive or parasitic; the sole thing demanded is that it shall be profitable. In…

— George Orwell