"How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?"

-- Ben Bernanke

“I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me.”
“All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?”
“As a speculator you must embrace disorder and chaos.”
“She couldnâ€™t picture anyone falling madly in love with such a person as Fish. What a name, Fish...Fish: think cold, slippery, detached. Benedict: think dry scholarly monk from the Dark Ages. Denniston: think English preparatory school, stolid country squire. Nothing about his name sounded the least bit romantic.”
“Pray and doubt; youâ€™ll do without. Pray and believe; you will receive.”
“Each age has its choice of the death it will die.”
“The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those admitted to prison for drug offenses in many states were Black or Latino, yet the mass incarceration of communities of color was explained in race-neutral terms, an adaptation to the needs and demands of the current political climate.”
“In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.”

Source : Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.252, Vintage Canada

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