Nicolas

“The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.”
― Bruce Springsteen

“The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by large numbers of the people they are ruling. Just as ecologists define ecosystems by the presence of certain "indicator species" of plants and birds, torture is an indicator species of a regime that is engaged in a deeply anti-democratic project, even if that regime happens to have come to power through elections.”
― Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

“The statement by Paul McCartney that, although he was a pacifist, he couldn’t be at this time of war. Which is as daft as being a vegetarian between meals.”
― Mark Steel, What’s Going On?: The Meanderings of a Comic Mind in Confusion

“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
― Tom Waits