"These violent delights have violent ends.
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder."
William Shakespeare,
Romeo and Juliet
"Bullies are not as sophisticated or as smooth as the manipulative type, as they rely on coercion, abuse, humiliation, harassment, aggression, and fear to get their way. Psychopathic bullies lack any insight into their own behavior, and seem unwilling or unable to moderate it, even when it is to their own advantage. Because they see most people as weak, inferior, and easy to deceive, psychopathic con artists will often tell you that their victims deserved what they got."
Paul Babiak and Robert Hare, Snakes in Suits
"We can never be gods, after all. But we can become something less than human with frightening ease."
N. K. Jemisin
"...it is equally beyond doubt, that every speculative mania which has run its course of folly and disaster in this country has derived its original impulse from cheap money."
The Economist, 1858
"Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding. The demons pleaded with him, 'If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.' And he said to them, 'Go then!' They came out and entered the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and was drowned."
Matthew 8:28-32
"For those who are determined to be rich fall into temptations and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful passions which drown them in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all evil, after which some have coveted, and have lost their faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Dolly passed away a little after noon today at the vet's office, after a seizure and a likely stroke.
She was a good little dog.
Have a pleasant evening.
