“Momma was terrified of being really poor, dirt-poor, and men would know, always men can sniff out the degree of your desperation Momma believed, and force you to do things you don't want to do or don't exactly want to do at that time or in that place or in that way. When you have your own money, Momma said, you have power. But you can lose it Goddamned fast.”
Source: Man Crazy
“Long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry, insatiably and incessantly demanding and devouring fresh streams of men, till it wearies and dies in the midst of an almost uninhabited waste of country.”
Source: The decline of the West
“One thing work gives
is the joy of not working,
a minute here or there
when I stand and only breathe,
receiving the good of the air.
It comes back. Good work done
comes back into the mind,
a free breath drawn.”
“Buku membuat pemikiran dan pengetahuan kita memiliki nyawa dan kakinya sendiri, melebihi penulisnya.”
“Money is flowing past you all the time like an invisible breeze. The trick is to get some to slide into your pockets and stay.”
Source: Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast
“Petani Badega: Mengapa para petani di desa-desa dirampas tanahnya dan tidak dilindungi oleh pemerintah? Sebaliknya, petani yang mengambil kembali tanah kepunyaannya justru dipenjarakan?”
Source: Bersaksi Untuk Pembaruan Agraria: dari Tuntutan Lokal Hingga Kecenderungan Global
“Buku ini sesungguhnya upaya semua pihak bahwa untuk negara berkembang yang agraris makna kemerdekaan buat rakyat adalah hak atas tanah yang digarapnya.”
Source: Reforma Agraria: Perjalanan yang belum berakhir
“He does not forget—it has been a long time since he has been able to forget—that he is making his stand in the middle of a dying town in the midst of a wasting country, from which many have departed and much has been sent away, a land wasting and dying for want of the human names and knowledge that could give it life.”
Source: The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership
“Had I left some children behind somewhere in the world?”
Source: Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
“I've been chased, shot, cut, beaten, and dragged a hundred leagues in the blink of an eye. I need a drink.”
Source: The Forbidden Wish