Cristina

“A chorus of voices exhorts kids to study science. No one stops to ask whether it is inhumane to force adolescents to spend the bulk of their time studying subjects most of them hate. When skilled workers are put out of a job by technical advances and have to undergo “retraining,” no one asks whether it is humiliating for them to be pushed around in this way. It is simply taken for granted that everyone must bow to technical necessity, and for good reason: If human needs were put before technical necessity there would be economic problems, unemployment, shortages or worse. The concept of “mental health” in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.”
― Theodore J. Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future

“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?”
― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy

“Τώρα όλα βγήκανε στη φόρα. Δεν υπάρχει ιδιωτική ζωή. Ένα μάτι βλέπει, ένα αφτί ακούει και η διαφήμιση διαλαλεί. Έτσι τρώνε, έτσι δουλεύουνε, έτσι ερωτεύονται, έτσι κλέβουνε, έτσι αγαπούνε, έτσι σκοτώνουν και σκοτώνονται. Χιλιάδες μικροί και μεγάλοι διαρρήκτες με σύγχρονα εργαλεία παραβιάζουνε καρδιές, εγκέφαλους, οικογενειακά κι επαγγελματικά άσυλα. Γέμισε σπιούνους η ζωή!”
― Dido Sotiriou, Κατεδαφιζόμεθα

“It always amazed him how something that is broken on the inside can look so perfect on the outside.”
― Emily Bleeker, When I'm Gone