Mark

“Political identities aren't about tax cuts. They are about tribes... This is the result of the incredible rise in political polarization in recent decades. It used to be that both the Republican and Democratic parties included both liberals and conservatives. Since parties contained ideological multitudes, it was hard for them to be the basis of strong, personal identities. A liberal Democrat in New Jersey didn't have a lot in common with a conservative Democrat in Alabama. But now that's changed. The parties are sharply sorted by ideology. What were once fractious coalitions have become unified tribes.”
― Ezra Klein

“Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing

“I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they’d have no heart to start at all”
― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses