Tom the Teacher

“Evil is not what we should fear. Creatures with power acting in their own interest: that is what should make us shudder.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“When we press the thorn to our chest we know, we understand, and still we do it.”
― Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

“Whatever people think of me is none of my business.”
― RuPaul

“I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!”
― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire