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“I will not be silenced on my own island.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“The term came into use around 2012 and by 2018 was being used freely on television shows as well as online to highlight not just the amusing skin tone of white people and their porcine appearance, but to imply that the flushedness masked some barely repressed outrage and likely xenophobia. So once again in pursuit of anti-racism the anti-racists resorted to racism.”
― Douglas Murray, The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

“Ben bakkalım ama bugüne kadar böyle olduğunu bilmiyordum. Çünküleyim alıp sattığım mal değul. Şık beyi bana o çızgıları, yuvarlahları gosturduktan sonra kıyamet kopacakmış deyi bir de diskur okudu. Sonra da pirincin, şekerin okkasını soruyor. Yahu bah, kurnaza bah kıyamet, alâmet falan deyip de beni karmanyolaya sokacah. Beş on kalem mal dolandıracah. Teslikattan sonra bir de bu kuyruklu çıkınca bakkallıkta iş kalmadı gayrık. Fasulye, pirinç satan çoğaldı. Kalemde iş kalmayıcah herkes bakkallığa özeniyor. Bitdih. Eski müşterilerimden çoğu zimem defterine yanaşmıyorlar. “Efendi eski borçlar ne olacah?” deyi sorunca “Biz kardonun dışına çıhdıh. Bize bir laf deme gayrık.” deyip cevap ediyorlar. Biz evvelden müşteriye mal verirken kardo ile mi verirdih? Bunun ne içini bilurduh ne dışını... Bu kanunu koyan efendiler biraz da bakkal hakkını gozütmeli deguller miydi? Bırah canım bırah! Kimseye bir laf denmiyor ki. “Biz teslikatzâde olduh.” deyip lafın içinden çıkıyorlar.”
― Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, Kuyruklu Yıldız Altında Bir İzdivaç - Melek Sanmıştım Şeytanı

“More than a decade ago, when my office was in the suburbs of Bethesda, Maryland, I used to enjoy feeding the squirrels in the yard through which my patients walked to reach the waiting room. The little critters—certainly nothing to be afraid of—grew increasingly tame, until some were taking the peanuts from my outstretched hand. I left a can of raw peanuts in my office waiting room to remind me to give them a few handouts each day.
One day, I was sitting with one of my patients in the office when we heard a startling clatter coming from the waiting room. I got up somewhat fearfully to investigate. The door from outdoors into the waiting area was ajar and the can of peanuts knocked to the floor. Encouraged and empowered by my generous freebies, squirrels had invaded the inner sanctum of my office.
That invasion seemed humorous and harmless enough until a few days later, when I heard one of my patients shriek as she came through the pathway to the office. A squirrel had climbed up her pants leg, seeking a peanut handout.
I stopped feeding the squirrels.
Obeying negative legacy emotions is like feeding wild critters. They will take over and grow in power until we have unmanageable beasts trying to overwhelm us from inside our heads. We need to stop feeding the squirrels in our heads. We can start by refusing to listen or respond to them.”
― Peter R. Breggin, Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions