Dave Kooi
@davekooi.bsky.social
my works are products of a restless, promiscuous imagination ~ davekooi.com
“The more I see, the less I know for sure.” ~ John Lennon
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“The more I see, the less I know for sure.” ~ John Lennon
“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies." ~Dorothy Allison, (Bastard Out of Carolina)
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies." ~Dorothy Allison, (Bastard Out of Carolina)
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” ~Virginia Woolf
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” ~Virginia Woolf
c“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
~Mark Twain
~Mark Twain
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
c“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
~Mark Twain
~Mark Twain
"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters," ~Antonio Gramsci
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters," ~Antonio Gramsci
"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form." ~Karl Marx
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form." ~Karl Marx
“Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling” ~Miguel de Unamuno
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling” ~Miguel de Unamuno
Snow rests on each limb.
The tree glows through the quiet.
Cold night holds the light.
The tree glows through the quiet.
Cold night holds the light.
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Snow rests on each limb.
The tree glows through the quiet.
Cold night holds the light.
The tree glows through the quiet.
Cold night holds the light.
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more.” ~Melody Beattie
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more.” ~Melody Beattie
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been." ~ Isaac Asimov
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been." ~ Isaac Asimov
“Any product or invention is standardized by mass-production and this standardization of the product discourages further experimentation.” ~ William Burroughs
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Any product or invention is standardized by mass-production and this standardization of the product discourages further experimentation.” ~ William Burroughs
“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.” ~First Lady Betty Ford
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.” ~First Lady Betty Ford
"Love has never been a popular movement." ~James Baldwin
October 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Love has never been a popular movement." ~James Baldwin
“There's a crack in everything, that's
how the light gets in.” ~Leonard Cohen
how the light gets in.” ~Leonard Cohen
October 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“There's a crack in everything, that's
how the light gets in.” ~Leonard Cohen
how the light gets in.” ~Leonard Cohen
"All cruelty springs from weakness." ~Seneca
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"All cruelty springs from weakness." ~Seneca
"I pray that when I die all of hell will rejoice that I am out of the fight." ~Charles Thomas Studd
September 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"I pray that when I die all of hell will rejoice that I am out of the fight." ~Charles Thomas Studd
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." ~Marcel Proust
September 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." ~Marcel Proust
"Hitler didn't steal the power, his people voted for him, and then he destroyed his people." ~Pope Francis 2017
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Hitler didn't steal the power, his people voted for him, and then he destroyed his people." ~Pope Francis 2017
“If justice perishes, then human life on earth will have lost its meaning." ~Emmanual Kant
September 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“If justice perishes, then human life on earth will have lost its meaning." ~Emmanual Kant
"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent." ~Issac Asimov
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent." ~Issac Asimov
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism," ~Hannah Arendt
September 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism," ~Hannah Arendt
"Fascism is the capitalism's' emergency solution when the ruling class could no longer govern through liberal democracy." ~Antonio Gramsci.
September 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Fascism is the capitalism's' emergency solution when the ruling class could no longer govern through liberal democracy." ~Antonio Gramsci.
“Calling bigotry an opinion is like calling arsenic a flavor.” ~Jack Cameron
September 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Calling bigotry an opinion is like calling arsenic a flavor.” ~Jack Cameron
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” ~Mark Twain
September 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” ~Mark Twain
“A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.
September 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.