Quality Quotes #12

"[T]hose who refuse to consider what they do are cloaked in the shadow of stupidity, but they enjoy the shade.  It is cool and comfortable there."  Joe R. Lansdale, in his 2013 novel The Thicket. Considering how many people in America today subsist, indeed, thrive on an alimentation of willful ignorance, y'all might be tempted …

Quality Quotes #11

"Sandy shook her head.  'Boys,' she said, and with that single word excused me from all responsibility."  Ann Patchett, in The Dutch House. This trenchant quote damnear caused me to choke when I came across it while eating breakfast this morning.  I was blind to the concept of white male privilege until after I had been …

Quality Quotes #10

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."  --Joseph Conrad, from Under Western Eyes My friend and mentor Martha at I'm a Writer, Yes, I Am! inspired me (thank you, Martha dear!) to share this great quote today.  No, the quote's not new, but …