"The truth, finally, is who can tell it."

--

Source : Chang-rae Lee (1996). “Native Speaker”, p.14, Penguin

Chang-Rae Lee

“Unlike side issues like unemployment, unions, and minimum-wage laws, the subject of work itself is almost entirely absent from libertarian literature. Most of what little there is consists of Randite rantings against parasites, barely distinguishable from the invective inflicted on dissidents by the Soviet press....”

Source : "The Abolition of Work and Other Essays". Book by Bob Black, 1986.
“If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power?”

Source : "Climate Choice" by Evangeline Lilly, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2013.
“I will not let a political party tell me how to live, when to die or what to believe in. Our souls are linked to the universe, but we can never see heaven, because our flesh ties us to the earth and the people around us. But when the people around you have lost their will to be free, then earth becomes a hell.”
“Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.”
“I'd hang out at the Borders bookstore until it closed.”
“I like to keep my face "pretty" because then I won't be like oh my god, what are you doing here?”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble.”
“A classical education enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.”

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