"Freedom was the price of privacy."

“So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.”

Source : Interview with Jason Gross, www.furious.com. October 1999.

“Or is anyone's identity a matter of fragments held together by convenient or useful narrative, that in ordinary circumstances never reveals itself as a fiction? Or is it really a fiction?”

“So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks. "Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?" "I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used to be an inmate. Repeat offender. Crimes against my body. Puking sickness followed by heroin, which led to more puking sickness." I'd be surprised at her forthrightness, but that's addicts for you. The twelve steps crack 'em open and then they can't shut up.”

Source : Lauren Beukes (2010). “Zoo City”, p.149, Jacana Media

“The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous, the most fanatical are those whose cobbled faith is founded on the shakiest grounds.”

“If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.”

“The biggest hindrance to the missionary task is self. Self that refuses to die. Self that refuses to sacrifice. Self that refuses to give. Self that refuses to go.”

Source : Thomas Hale (1995). “On Being a Missionary”, p.29, William Carey Library

“For children in their most impressionable years, there is, in fantasy, the highest of stimulating and educational powers.”

“People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.”