Jerry Chen

“Categorical hatred is the hatred of the mob, which makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob overflowing with righteousness, as at the crucifixion, and before, and since.”
― Wendell Berry, Our Only World: Ten Essays

“Now that all hope is gone, a deep relief has taken its place, and I allow myself to enjoy it before the despair sets in.”
― Norm Macdonald, Based on a True Story

“It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood

“Man is a strange being. He always has a feeling somewhere in his heart that whatever the danger he will pull through. It's just like when on a rainy day you imagine the faint rays of the sun shining on a distant hill.”
― Shūsaku Endō, Silence