

“The new universality consists in feeling that the ground is in the process of giving way.”
― Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime
― Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime

“After all, nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.”
― The Black Book
― The Black Book

“There’s a public equivalent to private depression, a sense that the nation or the society rather than the individual is stuck. Things don’t always change for the better, but they change, and we can play a role in that change if we act. Which is where hope comes in, and memory, the collective memory we call history.”
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

“I must be myself, I said over and over. I must forget these people buzzing inside my head, I must forget their voices, their smells, their demands, their love, their hate, and be myself, I must be myself, I told myself, as i gazed down at the legs resting so happily on the stool, and I told myself again as I looked up to watch the smoke I'd blown up to the ceiling; I must be myself, because if I failed to be myself, I become the person they wanted me to be; if I had to be that insufferable person, I'd rather be nothing at all. It would be better if I didn't exist,...”
― The Black Book
― The Black Book
“And I thought about how, actually, if you wanted to, you could say the same thing about life. That life is terrifying and overwhelming and it can happen at any moment. And when you’re confronted with life you can either be cowardly or you can be brave, but either way you’re going to live. So you might as well be brave.”
― Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
― Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
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