Mary Traina

“I was nothing to you. You never saw me as equal. You were more concerned that slavery should be a moral stain upon white men than by the actual damage it wreaks on black men.” Even as I spoke these words, I could hear what a false picture they painted, and also how they were painfully true.”
― Esi Edugyan, Washington Black

“To effectively contain a civilization’s development and disarm it across such a long span of time, there is only one way: kill its science.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

“Some religions, such as Christianity and Nazism, have killed millions out of burning hatred. Capitalism has killed millions out of cold indifference coupled with greed.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy. And the thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children and the children yet unborn.…”
― Mamie Till-Mobley, Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America