Joyce Koh

“If you want to understand what’s most important to a society, don’t examine its art or literature, simply look at its biggest buildings.” In medieval societies, the biggest buildings were its churches and palaces; using Campbell’s method, we can assume these were feudal cultures that revered their leaders and worshipped God. In modern Western cities, the biggest buildings are the banks—bloody great towers that dominate the docklands—and the shopping centers, which architecturally ape the cathedrals they’ve replaced: domes, spires, eerie celestial calm, fountains for fonts, food courts for pews.”
― Russell Brand, Revolution

“Turns out it was mostly a lie. But, at least for a short while, it was a beautiful one.”
― Russell Brand, My Booky Wook

“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”
― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

“The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.”
― Russell Brand