Marian

“Writing itself provided a means of overcoming isolation, of advancing mutual understanding: “Writing is certainly the most beautiful discovery, since it allows man to remember, to present things that have happened in order and above all to communicate with others, even when they are absent.”
― Adam Shatz, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

“But his experiences with the mentally ill in Algeria suggested that culture and the ability to breathe were inextricably connected—that cultural belonging, even clinging to seemingly outmoded traditions, could be a way in which the colonized body continued to draw breath, and affirm its will to live.”
― Adam Shatz, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

“And another regrettable thing about death is the ceasing of your own brand of magic, which took a whole life to develop and market—the quips, the witticisms, the slant adjusted to a few, those loved ones nearest the lip of the stage . . . —JOHN UPDIKE, “Perfection Wasted”
― Carole Radziwill, What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love

“As it turned out, Fanon would aid the FLN inside Algeria not as a fighter, but as a doctor. But to make himself useful, he first needed to establish contact with this clandestine and highly secretive organization.”
― Adam Shatz, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon