Mae Broyles

“Did you know that some of the counties in the coalfields have the highest rates of cancer in the country?”
― John Grisham, Gray Mountain

“Law and order, punishment and fair play, are all on a continuum where there are far more gray stretches than there are black and white.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“We are born, we suffer, we love, we die, but the waves continue to beat upon the rocks; the seed time and the harvest come and go, but the earth remains.”
― Victoria Holt, Mistress of Mellyn

“Black lung is a legal term for a preventable, occupational lung disease. It is more formally known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), and is caused by prolonged exposure to coal dust. Once coal dust is inhaled into the body it cannot be removed or discharged. It progressively builds up in the lungs and can lead to inflammation, fibrosis, even necrosis. There are two forms of the disease: “simple CWP” and “complicated CWP” (or progressive massive fibrosis).”
― John Grisham, Gray Mountain