Red Lights Quotes

“In a democracy, when the traffic light is red for freedoms, don’t ever stop, don’t ever wait! Refuse the red light, ignore it, break the rules and move forward! It is always legitimate to challenge fascism for every nation in the world as long as this challenge is nonviolent! Because violence means using the same vulgar, the same evil methods of fascism! Don’t behave like a dog when fighting against a dog!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“red light contradicts
blue sky and so much
depends on makeshift branches
set in stone.”
― Ben Ditmars, Mirrored Voices: Emerging Poets Anthology

“Awkward eye contact with people in cars next to you at red lights.”
― Nitya Prakash

“Dune also noticed the ways in which Detroit was obstinately itself. No one stopped at red lights, just slowed down and rolled on through. This was usual at night, but now as the city shrank, she saw it happen more and more often in broad daylight from the porch. Who had life to waste waiting at these uncontested lights?”
― Adrienne Maree Brown, Grievers