Treasa Assis

“If he could blush through his fur, he would have.”
― Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley

“From shit, thus, I extract pure Shinola”
― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum

“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.”
― John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town