Philip Shade

“And yet instead we struggle against a tide of Idiots, who through arrogance, greed, folly or lassitude, stand in the way of betterment and the common good.”
― Ben Hopkins, Cathedral

“Demagoguery is powerfully reduced when it stops getting people elected, and that usually happens because of in-group policing. Similarly, when it isn't profitable for a media outlet to engage in demagoguery, it won't, and that happens when its target market declines to put up with it. Individual demagogues are best stopped by in-group condemnation, and particular strains of demagoguery are generally ended by public shaming.”
― Patricia Roberts-Miller, Demagoguery and Democracy

“Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop.”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

“And she thought: don’t trust love unless you can see what it costs the lover.”
― Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink