Paul Allih > Quotes

“It's a funny thing, this life.”
― Paul Allih, Dead End Endeavors

“Photos never tell the whole story. They are singular moments captured to encompass the illusion of happiness. It’s to remind ourselves of the good times in life, and to show others that we aren’t so miserable. Outside of the frames is where the truth is found, no matter how dark it might be.”
― Paul Allih, Dead End Endeavors

“We’re always better people in our fantasies.”
― Paul Allih, Dead End Endeavors

“In another twenty to twenty- five years this plant will be legalized and taxed in the state of California—leaving countless ruined lives and bloody corpses in its wake. These will be labeled as past mistakes and it will be talked about with much head scratching. I can only hope that future generations will look at the war on drugs much like they do prohibition now—incompetent corruption at its most naked.”
― Paul Allih, Lost Cries from the Emerald Triangle

“There is a part of our population who dig up the truth while trying to inform the other portion, but they are looked upon as loons. A majority of these people are not nut jobs running around in tin foil hats; these people are modern day patriots.”
― Paul Allih, Lost Cries from the Emerald Triangle

“Lying to ourselves is so much easier than facing the cold hard truth, and the quick way out is often the preferred method for us modern apes.”
― Paul Allih, Long View from a Bullet Hole

“Self-preservation is a natural instinct while self-destruction goes against the grain of nature’s order. This spawns chaos, and chaos is freedom in its purest form.”
― Paul Allih, Long View from a Bullet Hole