Todd

“All the right people did not turn down invitations to parties in Irvington. Hoosier Klansmen were not repulsed by his behavior, at least not outwardly. Many chose selective amnesia, in service to the greater good of the Invisible Empire and what it stood for. Some were even impressed. For here was a man liberated from shame, a man who not only boasted of being able to get away with any violation of human decency for his entire life, but had just proved it for all to see.”
― Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

“It's a disorienting moment, when you realize the Christmas story you've read a hundred times has always included, hidden in plain sight, an anarchist manifesto.”
― Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You

“Quickest way to shed ignorance is to read a book. Strips it each page you turn, letting knowledge in, you know.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“If you ever get the chance to make someone smile, or better yet, make someone laugh, then you take it. Each and every time,”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark