Oda

“I lie down, I want a drink. I cannot sleep without having already forgotten my name, my face, my life.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, McGlue

“our enlightenment about Asia actually came to us first from irritated missionaries and from soldiers. Later came travelers - traders and tourists - who are soldiers that have cooled off. Pillaging is called shopping, and rape is practiced onerously in specialized shops.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Colonialism and Neocolonialism

“Mass resistance was possible only when people believed they had the collective capacity to change things. For poor people, this required identifying with the oppressed, and counting yourself among them”
― Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

“Your good looks are gone,’ I told him. ‘But you mustn’t worry about it. This unsightly condition is only temporary. Don’t be sad. Don’t fear. I will place you somewhere where the fish and the birds can strip away all this broken flesh. It will soon be gone. Then you will be a handsome skull and handsome bones.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi