David Flowers

“arrests for marijuana possession—a drug less harmful than tobacco or alcohol—accounted for nearly 80 percent of the growth in drug arrests in the 1990s.6 Despite the fact that most drug arrests are for nonviolent minor offenses, the War on Drugs has ushered in an era of unprecedented punitiveness.”
― Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

“most people in state prison for drug offenses have no history of violence or significant selling activity.5”
― Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

“The event testified to within Christianity is evident in a life that has been freed from an idolatrous existence that turns us from the world to an iconic engagement with the world.”
― Peter Rollins, The Divine Magician: The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith

“From the cradle to the grave, humans desire a certain someone who will look out for them, notice and value them, soothe their wounds, reassure them in life’s difficult places, and hold them in the dark.”
― Susan M. Johnson, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection