“I'm interested in things when I don't know what they are. Like "Hey, Ray, what the hell is this?" Oh, that's lipstick from the 1700s, that's dog food from the turn of the century, that's a hat from World War II. I'm interested in the minutiae of things. Oddities.” KnowsWorldWarTurnsHellCenturyDogHeyWar Of The WorldsHatsRaysWorld War IiWorld War ILipstickOdditiesMinutiaeDog Food Author:Tom Waits
“Over a half-century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its spectre still hangs over the world and doesn't allow us to forget.” WorldStillsForgetHalfHellCenturyHolocaustSpectreHang Over Author:Irena Sendler
“After Hatuey, a fifteenth-century Indian insurrectionist, had been fixed to the stake, his Spanish captors extended him the choice of converting to Christianity and ascending to Heaven of going unrepentantly to Hell. Gathering that his executioners expected to go to heaven, Hatuey chose the other” ChoicesHeavenChristianityHellCenturyExpectedIndianFixedStakesGatheringConvertingExecutionersAscending Book:My Mother: Demonology Source: My Mother: Demonology
“For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the greatness of humanity.” Has BeensHumanityHellCenturyCrimeGreatnessBearsMysteriousWitnessFollyThrownMidstMelodyEchoesHarmoniousInsurrection Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
“Hell is out of fashion --institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs, the gaps between the bars are the sutures of one's own skull. . .” HellCenturyFashionRateAffairBarsGaps20th CenturySkullsDungeonsInfernoBuchenwald Author:J. G. Ballard
“A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can write a scenario for the 21st century in either direction. One is that it all goes to hell and that it's truly the dark age.” WritingSaidI CanAgeDarkHellCentury21st CenturyHopelessnessHalfwayScenariosDark AgesTibetanBest PlaceLamaRams Author:Ram Dass
“When you have the countries like Germany, China, and Russia decline, and be replaced by others, that's when systemic wars start. That's when it gets dangerous, because they haven't yet reached a balance. So Germany united in 1871 and all hell broke loose. Japan rose in the early 20th century, and then you had chaos. So we're looking at a systemic shift. Be ready for war.” WarCountryUnitedHellCenturyDangerousHavensReadyBalanceRoseChaosChinaRussiaBrokeGermanyJapanDeclineReplaced20th Century Author:George Friedman