Brandi

“Once ‘free’ in the streets, what then? Fear and panic could destroy the city as much as plague itself. Many of the doctors fled, along with the rich and powerful; quacks preyed on the poor with their neverfail miracle drugs. Churches and conventicles and synagogues were empty. Neighbours informed against each other. People lied to each other – and to themselves. (It’s just a headache. Just a little bruise. I’ll feel better if I go for a walk.) Worse – there were stories of infected people deliberately concealing their telltale ‘tokens’ and going out into the streets trying to infect others.”
― Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year

“The sculptor is master of time; he can change his subjects forward or back.”
― Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy

“We were left with nothing because of a love like acid that ate its way through our entire family.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“Every sin is the result of a colaboration”
― Stephen Crane, The Blue Hotel and Other Stories