Mae Broyles

“As long as there are people willing to be manipulated and controlled, there will be people eager to step forward and accept the position.”
― Ginny Dye, Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861

“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

“Everybody has a need for their past, Bosch thought. Sometimes it pulls harder on you than the future.”
― Michael Connelly, The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo / The Black Ice / The Concrete Blonde

“That we Americans believe in self-reliance, stoicism, courage, excellence, problem-solving, and achievement.”
― Diane Capri, Fatal Distraction