Steve Chisnell

“Whenever people wonder “What is the truth?” usually it is because the truth is just under their noses—but it would be very inconvenient to acknowledge it.”
― Simon Leys, The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays

“There are stories that don't need a plot. Sooner or later they rise above the confusion and untangle their mysteries in a series of sentences.”
― Patrice Nganang, Mount Pleasant

“A statement on the political responsibility of the critic: the critic must attempt to fully realize, and take responsibility for, the unspoken, unrepresented pasts that haunt the historical present.”
― Homi K. Bhabha, The Location of Culture

“The future can never be larger than the past," she said to his disappearing back. "What will happen can never escape what has.”
― Phillip Arrington, The Serpent's Sage