A Cesspool

“Hell, everybody is a masochist. Some of us are just a little more private.”
― Cecil Brown, The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger

“A pistol ain't good for nothin' but killing other human beings, man.”
― George Pelecanos, Right as Rain

“There is something about a man with a beard I cannot stand. No particular reason for it. Prejudice, I suppose. I feel the same way about cats.”
― Charles Willeford, Pick-Up

“There is no greater serenity of mind,” Malcolm reflected, “than when one can shut the hectic noise and pace of the materialistic outside world, and seek inner peace within oneself.”
― Manning Marable, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention