“As Orwell’s pigs might have said, blue jeans good, new dress better.”
― The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
― The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
“It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge. So.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“When things go wrong, they keep going wrong until there’s tears.”
― The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
― The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
“Moral law is an invention of mankind for the disenfranchisement of the powerful in favor of the weak. Historical law subverts it at every turn. A moral view can never be proven right or wrong by any ultimate test. A man falling dead in a duel is not thought thereby to be proven in error as to his views. His very involvement in such a trial gives evidence of a new and broader view.”
― Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
“Living well isn’t the best revenge; loving well is.”
― The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
― The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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