
“Buried violence is just a perennial bulb that is fertilized by fear and watered by insecurity.”
― The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
― The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
“We direct vehicular contempt aimlessly, striking at random, flailing horsepower like peacock's tails and instantly become defensive when this violence is named.”
― Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance
― Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance

“If tribal thinking is original sin, then story is prayer. At its best, it reminds us that, beneath our many differences, we remain beasts of one species.”
― The Science of Storytelling
― The Science of Storytelling

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