"He was under the influence of the idea that some aspects of reality are more real than others: that the seedy side of life is more genuine, more authentic, than the refined and cultured side – and certainly more glamorous than the bourgeois and respectable side. This idea could be said to be the fundamental premise of modern popular culture." -Dalrymple, Theodore.

Are seat belts worth it? Yeah, but not by much.

“This is Africa. These are just bodies dumped into a river. Hundreds. Thousands. No one will ever count. No one will ever try to check an identity, contact a family, find out which limb was severed. Because this is Africa, and they don’t count the bodies in Africa.” -Keith Richburg