Aaron Dorian

“Jerry Laws, former smokejumper and now high school district superintendent: “We’re making changes in this district. Teachers teaching, not proselytizing, preparing students for life. No social promotions. Good order in every classroom. They must earn what they seek.”
― John M. Vermillion, Pack's Posse

“Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books." You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man.”
― Malcolm X

“Reality wraps around how we feel”
― Daniel Mangena, Stepping Beyond Intention

“The people of our culture are tremendous bullet-biters. Biting the bullet supposedly helps one tolerate pain. One first tries to avoid the pain, but if the pain must absolutely be borne, then one must “bite the bullet.” For most who write and think about our future, it’s a foregone conclusion that we’re all going to have to bite the bullet very hard in order to survive. It doesn’t occur to these thinkers and writers that it would be far less painful to start fresh.”
― Daniel Quinn, The Story of B