Yochi

“Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
into slavery.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

“Our adults haven't been wiped out by a plague so they're still anchored in the past, waiting for the good old days to come back.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

“Perhaps nothing can be certain in this world," I said. "But at least we can believe in something.”
― Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

“The universe gives us the ones we need. And the ones we deserve.”
― Flea, Acid for the Children