J.D

“- That’s why you’re not an Aussie. Aussie guys don’t see further than a root.”
― Christos Tsiolkas, The Jesus Man

“It all changed," he says. "The miners in Ipswich joined a union and voted Labor. But young ones coming through didn't think of themselves as working class. They moved to the Sunny Coast. Four-bedroom house. Couple of cars. Most of them became anti-union! Dumb fucks thought they got paid 200k just because they're good at their jobs. Nothin' to do with my generation and my dad's generation, and the sacrifices we made by going on strike”
― Lech Blaine, Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power

“For him, a man — a real man — was completely self-sufficient, a disciplined creature controlling his environment, subject to no vices, no obsessive needs.”
― Jack Higgins, In the Hour Before Midnight: A Thriller

“The Ouroboros teaches us that growth and transformation come from embracing our own darkness and integrating it into our being.”
― Carl Jung