Donovan

“That was before social media, when we could all see how stupid the Americans actually were, in real time.”
― Rahul Raina, How to Kidnap the Rich

“Being part white was something he'd just assumed. Even if he hadn't been white, everyone was raised with whiteness as the standard.....so you had it in you, even if you didn't. It was the background sound you only ever noticed got turned off in rare moments when the spotlight shifted temporarily.”
― Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

“Sometimes the things we think are lost are only hidden, waiting to be rediscovered.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is the gap that opens up between event and existing narratives to explain that event, Being creatures of narrative, humans tend to be very uncomfortable with meaning vacuums- which is why those opportunistic players, the people I have termed "disaster capitalists," have been able to rush into the gap with their preexisting wish lists and simplistic stories of good and evil.”
― Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World