Lon

“Once far enough removed, everyone will be properly aghast that any of this was allowed to happen. But for now, it’s just so much safer to look away, to keep one’s head down, periodically checking on the balance of polite society to see if it is not too troublesome yet to state what to the conscience was never unclear.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“Death causes us discomfort by reminding us of the humanity we share. Our healthcare system’s handling of death, on the other hand, causes us discomfort by reminding us of the shared humanity we choose to ignore. As I documented”
― Farzon A. Nahvi, Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER

“We know that we need to do better, but we don’t get around to doing the hard and uncomfortable work needed to do it.”
― Farzon A. Nahvi, Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER

“Maybe they later died, hungry and left for dust by the rest of the world – a world that still stands by, complacent, allowing the Israelis to get away with Genocide. Because that’s what it is now. The world can’t pretend that there are two sides here any more. There is no humanity, no equity, no semblance of justice. It’s a calculated, deliberate and ruthless ethnic cleansing, and nobody seems to care enough.”
― Plestia Alaqad, The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience