Democracy from the Ashes: On David Stuttard’s “Phoenix”

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa