"To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places...To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away and never, never, to forget." ~ Arundhati Roy
Sunday, 24 November 2024
"I can see now how, when that pressure is intense, you can convince yourself of anything simply to survive. I have come to believe that, more than they fear death, people fear not belonging. I think there are more people that would step in front of a train to save a child than there are people that would be willing to leave or question their group and risk being an outlier''.
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