Matthew Sciarrino

“Next to alcoholism, what intrigued and horrified Rush most in his rounds were the patients locked in the basement cells. He felt immediately that the circumstances these patients lived under were absolutely unacceptable. But the “lunatics,” who most people still viewed as damned rather than diseased, presented a unique and troubling situation. They weren’t truly in the hospital to be treated, because nobody knew for sure what their treatment should be. They were in the basement primarily to keep them safe from society, and society safe from them. The first step in improving their situation would simply involve warehousing them more benevolently. But even that proposition was challenging; nobody seemed to have the slightest idea how to proceed.”
― Stephen Fried, Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

“There’s no such thing as overthinking the lengths—and depths—people will go to for politics.”
― Tessa Gratton, Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown

“Herbivores eat Brussels sprouts, carnivores eat birds, cashivores eat dollar bills, and verbivores eat words.”
― Allen Levi, Theo of Golden

“Elzar had always felt uncomfortable attending meetings of the Jedi Council, and today was no exception. To him, the conversations that took place in this chamber in the Jedi Temple always felt too formal, too staid, as if everyone was repressing what they truly felt in obedience to some unspoken rule.”
― George Mann, The Eye of Darkness