Marian

“Falling in was one of the greatest risks of adult life, not much discussed—falling in to conspiracy, fanaticism, religion, and embarrassing beliefs, as life continued on and the weight of it broke people left and right.”
― Emily Witt, Health and Safety: A Breakdown

“There is very little that can be done when a society decides that the only rule of life is to get yours, and that empathy, concern, and worry are for losers and chumps.”
― Emily Witt, Health and Safety: A Breakdown

“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

“They and their patients “shared the ingredients of the same humanity”; the only difference was that the caregivers “were still standing.”
― Adam Shatz, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon