"We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and our neighbors, truth will retaliate with ugliness, poverty, and disease."

-- Wendell Berry

#Land Quotes #Disease Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.”
“I was lucky enough to go to college for four years. At what was supposedly a hippie school with no tests and no grades, blah blah blah, I wasn't learning that. I was taking photography classes. That stuff just wasn't talked about. It was like, "Does this picture have the right about of grey in it?" It wasn't even an art school. It was a state-run school.”
“But, if recent history has taught us anything, itâ€™s that self-regulation doesnâ€™t work in finance, and that worries about reputation are a weak deterrent to corporate malfeasance.”
“We believe that what they call "Grexit" [a Greek exit from the eurozone] is not an option for us.”

Source : "Everybody Knows We Are Serious". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. September 14, 2012.
“I feel like a 1960s graduate student. I still work on note cards. I've never found a better system.”
“I need my products to work and be fast! I don't love having 50 different things in my bathroom, like a different cream for every inch of my face. That's so not me.”
“You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship”
“I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself.”

Source : "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.

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