A truth thats told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. – William Blake
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. – William Blake
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God alone. – William Blake
Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. – William Blake
Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders