I feel duty-bound to unearth, enhance and promote the world’s beautiful things rather than obsess, worry and agitate over the worst of things. I believe in creation over destruction, compassion over cynicism, mercy over vitriol, friendship over hostility, truth over lies and love over hate. I remind myself that, at this moment, I am here as a happy and humble participant in the complex and relational nature of the universe – a person who loves life…
— Nick Cave from The Red Hand Files blog
The earth is mostly just a boneyard, but pretty in sunlight.
— Augustus McRae from Larry McMurtry’s novel Lonesome Dove