Mike C

“And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on the train and whom we admire and want to help along. And we'll want to call it envy, because to call it regret would break our hearts.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“I also explained to this activist how ironic it was that Abu-Seif and I, as queer Palestinians, were being asked by a non-Palestinian to censor a film about queer Palestinians because of the solidarity activist’s belief that the film is pinkwashing and does not “properly” capture the experience of queer Palestinians. The empire of critique has reached a point at which activists feel entitled to serve as arbiters of which queer Palestinian voices should be considered the most authoritative and archetypical.”
― Sa'ed Atshan, Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique

“It must be so sad to die, to feel yourself miss out on everything that will come after, even if there are still bombs and diseases and disasters, even if people do get murdered and beaten, if they die in unspeakable pain, if it is still a fact that some live with their damaged bodies, or simply their aged bodies, bodies that were once beautiful and now are not.”
― Patrick Nathan, The Future Was Color

“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood