Thane Ahrens

“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour
True friends are like stars, you don't always see them but they are always there.”
― Habeeb Akande

“They cannot see that growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness, that Phoenix and Albuquerque will not be better cities to live in when their populations are doubled again and again. They would never understand that an economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

“Conjurers, mediums, clairvoyants, soothsayers, those who hold black masses or seances, Tarot readers and Ouija board fanatics, those who practice witchcraft and majick are all practicing a form of prayer. After all, if you pray to a god of a religion such as Christianity or Hunduism, are you not asking your voice to be heard by a spirit or god from another world? Are you not asking them for something or giving thanks? I see no difference in a person attempting to contact ghosts looking for lost treasure and a person praying to their god to ask for health (and wealth!) or whatever it is they want. This being said, all forms of attempted communication with otherworldly beings have very strong similarities, and this is the sort of thinking I think people should get past. Putting the effort into solving your problems and creating a peaceful, co-habitable world, gaining the strength to get what you want, protecting you loved ones from harm should be YOUR responsibility instead of asking a god, spirit, your ancestors, or any other disembodied entity to do it for you.”
― Ivan D'Amico, The Satanic Bible The New Testament Book One

“We all beat ourselves up more than anyone else does. We all wish we could be that person who is not afraid of anything, who rises to every challenge seemingly unscathed. Guess what. They don’t exist. EVERYONE is afraid of something. The people who tell you, “I ain’t afraid of NOBODY!” are the MOST frightened, and that is the way they show it. If they didn’t perceive almost EVERYONE as a potential threat, they would have no reason to go around saying shit like that.”
― Ivan D'Amico, The Satanic Bible The New Testament Book One