Malcolm Azania

"Much has been dissected from among the myths to explore the significance of the mortal endurance and experience of pain. Pain, we are told, purifies the body, expands the mind, prepares the novice for…"

"Even if victory were possible, it still couldn’t provide meaning or genuine happiness, because saying “I want to be the best” is simply the polite way of saying “I want everyone else to be worse."

"“Babydoll, when ain’nuthin funny, eat what’s sweet. That’s my philosophy."

"We spent too much damn time getting down. Now it’s time to get up."

"It’s inevitable that worship decays into contempt, because worship is ultimately about being trapped, being a slave."

"The two former lovers finally looked at each other, their faces crawling with the crabs of conflicting emotion."

"It’s a special kind of hugging, the kind where deep down you’re facing the unspoken fact that this’s the last time you’re gonna hold somebody, and so you make your cells hold on, make em drink in some…"

"That diabolical deviant is smarter than he smells."