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My Friends

by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 17, 2025 10:58AM

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
― Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

tags: bullying, dissent, moral-courage, protest

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“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

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“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.”
― Daphne duMaurier

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