"Brave spirits are a balsam to themselves, There is a nobleness of mind that heals Wounds beyond salves."

“I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.”

“The car is undoubtedly quicker and more balanced. The traction and braking can still be improved a bit but there's been a good evolution already from three weeks ago.”

“There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation.”

“For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.”

Source : "‘True Detective’ creator Nic Pizzolatto talks season 1". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. March 9, 2014.

“The world is governed by love,--self-love.”

“One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious.”

“It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind”

“I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race.”

Source : James Weldon Johnson, Sondra K. Wilson (1995). “The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays”, p.352, Oxford University Press on Demand