Daniel Malta

“It is more difficult to defend oneself than it is to defend others. If anyone doubts this, they merely have to observe a lawyer.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“It may be that the reason we love nature is because it expresses neither jealousy nor hatred toward us.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kappa

“Neoslavery is an economic condition, a small knot of men exercising the property rights of their established economic order, organizing and controlling the life style of the slave as if he were in fact property. Succinctly: an economic condition which manifests itself in the total loss or absence of self-determination.”
― George L. Jackson, Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson

“Today, home from Trinidad, I thank James Arthur Baldwin for his legacy of fire. A fine rain of words when we had no tongues. He set fire to our eyes. Made a single look, gesture endure. Made a people meaningful and moral. Responsible finally for all our sweet and terrible lives.”
― Sonia Sanchez, Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems