Commandrea

“Fictions are useful so long as they are taken as fictions. They are then
simply ways of "figuring" the world which we agree to follow so that
we can act in cooperation, as we agree about inches and hours, numbers
and words, mathematical systems and languages. If we have no
agreement about measures of time and space, I would have no way of
making a date with you at the corner of Forty-second Street and Fifth
Avenue at 3 P.M. on Sunday, April 4.”
― Alan Wilson Watts, The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“Money can buy the necessary police order. Justice is sold to the highest bidder”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

“The highest privilege of being a writer is being able to say, 'open your mind to me and I'll take you to another world.”
― Alexei Maxim Russell

“Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities. We may be wrong. We may be trying to return a guilty man to the community. No one can really know. But we have a reasonable doubt, and this is a safeguard that has enormous value in our system. No jury can declare a man guilty unless it's sure. We nine can't understand how you three are still so sure. Maybe you can tell us.”
― Reginald Rose, Twelve Angry Men