Arwen W.

“The apocalypse didn't happen overnight. The world didn't end in a satisfying climax of explosive special effects. It was slow. It was boring. It was one little thing at a time. One moral compromise, one abandoned ideal, one more justified injustice. No dramatic wave of destruction sweeping across the world, just scattered spots of rot forming throughout the decades, seemingly isolated incidents until the moment they all merged.”
― Isaac Marion, The Burning World

“In society, we do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. We don’t see their face. We don’t see them as people.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“So many wars have been fought and so much injustice has been perpetrated because we've banished others from our group and therefore our circle of concern.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

“If you live in this system of white supremacy, you are either fighting the system of you are complicit. There is no neutrality to be had towards systems of injustice, it is not something you can just opt out of.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race