Sanne Verdoes

“You were as much a victim of the violence you inflicted as of the violence you endured.”
― Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

“it is a grave error to imagine that the world is not preparing for the disrupted planet of the future. It’s just that it’s not preparing by taking mitigatory measures or by reducing emissions: instead, it is preparing for a new geopolitical struggle for dominance.”
― Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

“Last month, when I came to see you, you asked me just before I left, Are you still involved in politics? The word still was a reference to my first year in high school, when I belonged to a radical leftist party and we argued because you thought I’d get myself into trouble if I took part in illegal demonstrations. Yes, I told you, more and more involved. You let three or four seconds go by. Then you said, You’re right. You’re right — what we need is a revolution.”
― Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

“Where is history? The history they taught at school was not your own. We were learning world history, and you were left out.”
― Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père