#lit

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#virtue

I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones. ↗

— George Orwell

#political-satire #quthoritarianism #russian-revolution #virtue

There is no client as scary as an innocent man." J. Michael Haller, Criminal Defense Attorney, Los Angeles, 1962. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#clients #criminal-law #fear #guilt #innocence

For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#political

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#politics #political

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#political

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#political

If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’. ↗

— David Mitchell

#writing #criticism

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#success #talents #talent

We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#hope #insatiability #talent