Alec Whitmore

“For people in the group I have been describing, there’s nothing dysfunctional or disappointing about Democratic politics; it feels exactly right. And what is rightest and most inspiring about it is the”
― Thomas Frank, Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?

“IT WAS ONE OF those perfect autumn days so common in stories and so rare in the real world.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I’ve seen all the signs: the neon signs; the distressed wooden signs; the all-lowercase, chic-font signs that tell you a quirky girl just got her trust fund and you’ll never believe what business she’s trying; the irrationally angry sign saying you’ll have to fucking wait a little longer because it would appear that the workers don’t feel like coming to work anymore.”
― Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

“Even if Democrats do succeed, it won’t save us. While there are many great Democrats and many exceptions to the trends I have described in this book, by and large the story has been a disappointing one. We have surveyed this party’s thoughts and deeds from the Seventies to the present, we have watched them abandon whole classes and regions and industries, and we know now what the results have been. Their leadership faction has no intention of doing what the situation requires.”
― Thomas Frank, Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?