Josh

“On the sidewalk, dead leaves. Or burned pages from an old Gaffiot dictionary. It’s the neighborhood of colleges and convents.”
― Patrick Modiano, Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas

“But these being glove-gray country mice that have skittered in from a Tom-and-Jerry cartoon, I root for their innocence and ingenuity. I am even mouse-proud. My mice arc smarter than your mice! After the stunt with the Skippy peanut butter jar, I felt as if they had gotten 8oos on their SATs. These guys arc good.”
― Lance Morrow, Second Drafts of History: Essays

“That’s what I’m afraid of. Later. Later we’ll do something about pollution. Later we’ll do something about the population explosion. Later we’ll do something about nuclear war. We think we’ve got all the time in the world – but how much time has the world got? And how can we give it more? … Somebody has to begin to care.”
― Rich Handley, Bright Eyes, Ape City: Examining the Planet of the Apes Mythos

“And then Ehrlich’s climax: “Let there be light. Let there be honesty. Let there be no running from nonexistent destroyers of morals. Let there be honest understanding. In the end the four-letter words will not appear draped in glaring headlights, but will be submerged in the decentralization of small thinking in small minds.”
― Ronald K.L. Collins, Mania: The Story of the Outraged and Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution