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Holding the fork in one hand, I meet my cat’s gaze. “This is why I have to have sex with someone, Mike. I’m beginning to find inanimate objects sexy. I watched a video once about some guy who found his car attractive—really, really
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“When they went to the concentration camps and were appalled, they did not say, “Let’s save the survivors”; they said, “Let someone else pay for saving the survivors.” IP: Exactly. NC: This tells you something about the West, the deeply rooted imperial mentality that affects the West like a plague. Yes, there are these people living in misery. We are the ones able to help them, but we are not going to even raise that possibility. Somebody else, who does not have the capacity, they have to suffer for it.”
― On Palestine
― On Palestine
“How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others inside us. We are all moved by injustice and discrimination. We are all, inside, concerned human beings.”
― On Palestine
― On Palestine
“Now think of it this way: You exist. You didn’t do anything to deserve existing. You don’t even know why you started existing; you just did. Boom—you have a life. And you have no idea where it came from or why. If you believe God gave it to you, then, holy shit! Do you owe Him big time! But even if you don’t believe in God—damn, you’re blessed with life! What did you ever do to deserve that? How can you live in such a way as to make your life worthwhile? This is the constant, yet unanswerable question of the human condition, and why the inherent guilt of consciousness is the cornerstone of almost every spiritual religion.”
― Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
― Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
“Forgiving others could be difficult, but forgiving yourself can sometimes feel impossible.”
― In the Lives of Puppets
― In the Lives of Puppets
“when i sleep i remember days that never were. i dream a life i never saw and which i now see he never wanted...”
― Dayspring
― Dayspring
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