Feriyal

“یک وسیلۀ درمان موقتی وجود دارد، آن اَلکُل است، و یک وسیلۀ درمان قطعی و همیشگی می‌تواند وجود داشته باشد، و آن ماری است. ماری مرا ترک کرده است. دلقکی که به مِی‌خوارگی بیُفتد زودتر از یک شیروانی‌ساز مست سقوط می‌کند.”
― Heinrich Böll, The Clown

“What was the use of seeing things clearly if the only thing clarity brought was a new and deeper darkness?”
― Alberto Moravia, Agostino

“Indigenous peoples are seen as “in the way,” and laws and policies are used toward destroying Indigenous communities to secure unfettered access to Indigenous land (Sium 2013; Tuck and Yang 2012: 6; see also Wolfe 2007). The overarching goal of white settler colonialism is to eradicate Indigenous peoples, either through assimilation or genocide — to turn them into “ghosts” (Tuck and Yang 2012: 6). The reserve system, the imposition of residential schools intended to “kill the Indian in the child,” forced sterilization of Indigenous women, ongoing resource extraction and pipelines extending across Indigenous territory are only a few examples that demonstrate a unique logic of genocide and theft targeting Indigenous peoples (Palmater 2011).”
― Robyn Maynard, Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

“Thus, I lived in perpetual fantasy. And like all intelligent young women, I hid my shameful perversions under a facade of prudishness. Of course I did. It's easy to tell the dirtiest minds-look for the cleanest fingernails.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen