Sophie

“worst things about London - the fact that it costs money even to sit down. In Paris, if you had no money and could not find a public bench, you would sit on the pavement. Heaven knows what sitting on the pavement would lead to in London - prison probably.”
― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London

“what do people hope to gain through the eradication of autism or neurodivergence? What will the world lose if that aim is ever achieved? Who has the authority to decide which lives deserve to be lived?”
― Jodie Hare, Autism Is Not A Disease: The Politics of Neurodiversity

“You can look at any one of the crises surrounding us - whether it's the climate emergency, the genocide in Gaza or rising inequality - and just see a reason to give up the hope that human beings are capable of bettering ourselves as a species. But the odds have always been stacked against justice. You'd never have bet on the success of the abolitionists, or the suffrage movement, or the civil rights struggle, or the fight for abortion access. But courage and collective action are capable of wondrous things. We have an obligation to resist the temptation of passivity and despair, while also seeing the scale of the challenge around us clearly.”
― Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War

“Not daring to rock the boat risks us sinking with it”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal [Hardcover] By Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté & You Are a Badass By Jen Sincero 2 Books Collection Set