People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. – James Baldwin
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may will call it black diamonds. Every basket is power and civilization. For coal is a portable climate. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. Its kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances. – Robert Crumb
