Imaginative writers often project their own monsters and meanings on basic facts.
Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed AmericaThe Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.
Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment...it is often more difficult to remember to be mindful than to be mindful itself. (p. 47)
The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the WorldA man don't need to act tough if he is. Men that put on a show are spineless more often than not.
The Goon, Volume 10: Death's Greedy Comeuppance