James Lee Burke Quotes

I Would Like To Believe That There Is A Resolution In The Human Tragedy And That Order Can Be Reimposed Upon The Earth In The Same Way It Occurs In The Fifth Act Of The Elizabethan Drama That Supposedly Mirrors Our Lives. My Experience Has Been Otherwise. History Seldom Corrects Itself In Its Own Sequence, And When We Mete Out Justice, We Often Do It In A Fashion That Perpetuates The Evil Of The Transgressors And Breathes New Life Into The Descendants Of Cain. I Would Like To Believe The Instincts Of The Mob Can Be Exorcised From The Species Or Genetically Bred Out Of It. But There Is No Culture In The History Of The World That Has Not Lauded Its Warriors Over Its Mystics. Sometimes In An Idle Moment, I Try To Recall The Names Of Five Slaves Out Of The Whole Sorry History Of Human Bondage Whose Lives We Celebrate. I Have Never Had Much Success.

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