Alex Peake

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
― Heraclitus

“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“There are black zones of shadow close to our daily paths, and now and then some evil soul breaks a passage through. When that happens, the man who knows must strike before reckoning the consequences.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, The Thing on the Doorstep

“Social action must be animated by a vision of a future society, and by explicit judgments of value concerning the character of this future society.”
― Noam Chomsky, Chomsky On Anarchism