Benjamin K.

“Still, while the Old Testament God of Genesis might well have used the sixth day of the week to create all the creatures that lived on dry land, in the contemporary epoch Fridays, surely, are more readily associated with winding down than embarking on bold new exercises in urban development.”
― Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today

“But deserts, even the driest and least inviting to animals and plants, contain subtle multitudes. And rather like silences (outside of vacuums) and as John Cage demonstrated with his famous 4'33" piece, they are often noisy with life.”
― Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today

“It seemed that if it weren't for bad luck, the NHL would have no luck at all. And yet they persevered.”
― Bob Duff, The First Season: 1917-18 and the Birth of the NHL

“Of course it's not right. The Cross isn't right. But our Lord took it and turned it into the great sign that the devil hates above all other signs. Each time we accept to bear that cross and be nailed to it, believing against all believing - when it's impossible any longer to believe because of our pain - that's when we defeat him. By the blood of the Lamb!”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Father Elijah: An Apocalypse