“You develop a kind of admiration for criminal genius and ruthless efficiency, and you forget that the criminal empire is built on human pain and suffering.” — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in the mountains the animals make paths by using the same route again and again. If you don't know what you're doing, you might think it's a path made by humans--it looks that way. If you follow that path, the path of beasts, you won't get anywhere at all. People lost in the wilderness, they follow these paths and… — Jake Adelstein Copy Share
“In the United States, we pay psychiatrists, therapists, counselors, and life coaches to listen to our problems, raise our self-esteem, pretend to like us,… — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
“The people believed that kotodama—the soul or spirit of language—resided in every word;” — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
“If I had something to study for, if I had a goal, however unreachable, the time spent chasing it might have some collateral productivity.” — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
“You develop a kind of admiration for criminal genius and ruthless efficiency, and you forget that the criminal empire is built on human pain… — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
“Confession is for the confessor. It makes you feel good; it ruins the lives of everyone else. It’s a selfish thing to do. Don’t… — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
