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“Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is making a statement before one enters it. Cutting the skin of the world and leaving a scar. That’s all history is, after all: scar tissue.”
― Mr. Mercedes
― Mr. Mercedes
“The New Jim Crow shatters this silence. Once you read it, you have crossed the Rubicon and there is no return to sleepwalking.”
― The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
― The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
“When I write, I am trying through the movement of my fingers to reach my head. I’m trying to build a word ladder up to my brain.”
― The Folded Clock: A Diary
― The Folded Clock: A Diary
“Was he not inaugurated as President amidst the waving of flags and the sounds of trumpets, only to be martyred, as Christ was, because of his services for the lowly?”
― Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth
― Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth
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