Devlin Tay

“wells in old Japan used to be popular locations for people to end their own lives. But the ground at the bottom of a well is soft, so you don’t die instantly. Instead, you die slowly and in great pain. That’s why it’s so easy for grudges to accumulate in them.”
― Tara A. Devlin, Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet: Volume Thirteen

“It is a different fight. We don’t wage war upon human society, for it must destroy itself. Our true enemies are the domesticated crops that rule their lives. Before nature can be saved from man, humanity must be delivered from the Cavendish banana, the Red Delicious apple, the Russet Burbank potato, from patented Monsanto corn.”
― Ross E. Lockhart, Cthulhu Fhtagn!

“By now you should realise that if anybody asks if you would like something in a Japanese toilet, it won’t end well.”
― Tara A. Devlin, Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends: Volume Two

“Think of it. Mankind has domesticated plants for ten thousand years, changing them to suit his desires. But plants emerged on land millions of years before the first walking fish, and they have had two hundred million years to learn to make animals serve them. “All of humankind is enslaved by grains, fruit and livestock. All these species drove men to reshape the world to spread their genes. At the behest of corn and bananas and coffee and cocaine, man has cut down nearly all of the forests. They have cut out their lungs to fill their bellies.”
― Ross E. Lockhart, Cthulhu Fhtagn!