Neofeudalism Quotes & Sayings

We have been very effectively pacified by the pernicious ideology of a consumer society that is centered on the cult of the self - an undiluted hedonism and narcissism. That has become a very effective way to divert our attention while the country is reconfigured into a kind of neofeudalism, with a rapacious oligarchic elite and an anemic government that no longer is able to intercede on behalf of citizens but cravenly serves the interests of the oligarchy itself. — Chris Hedges

Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start charging for it. — Sharyn McCrumb

I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility; in short, no reason for destroying anything that he does not want to eat — George Bernard Shaw

The darkness is no place to be in times like this. — Celia Mcmahon

Dexter had been led to believe, by TV, by films, that the only up-side of sickness was that it brought people closer, that there would be an opening-up, an effortless understanding between them. But they have always been close, always been open, and their habitual understanding has instead been replaced by bitterness, resentment, a rage on both their parts at what is happening. — David Nicholls

My wolf wants to claim you. To make you mine. To protect you. But I'm trying to give you time, give you a choice even if it's killing me. It's why I keep messing up. I should've just staked my claim and let you deal with having me attached at your hip. — Aileen Erin

One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness: for the crops carried in from the fields and the grapes from the vineyard. — J. Robert Moskin

I want to know if she's wondering the same thing I'm wondering: What does Never Never mean? — Colleen Hoover

I'll watch anything as long as it's good. I can't choose just one movie that I love. — Georgie Henley

Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom. — Aeschylus

You have to appreciate the readers, without them there are no stories worth telling. — Andrew Lennon