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Cecil Dawkins
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“The familiar patter of the television, the familiar voices saying the familiar things, the canned, familiar laughter came between her and her fears like a belt of static and reassured her that nothing changed, that everything stayed the same.”
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“... you don't deal with time. Time deals with you.”
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“Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!”
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“... people think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.”
Cecil Dawkins, U.S. writer
(1927)