Sarah Roig

“Who gets to speak and why?, I wrote last week, is the only question.”
― Chris Kraus, I Love Dick

“Parents are treated like consumers, and “Think of the children” usually means “Think of your kid” and “Be afraid” and “Buy this or else.” Maybe that’s good advice for maximizing an individual kid’s chance at success in a winner-take-all market, but we can see what kind of society—and person—results.”
― Malcolm Harris, Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

“He told me things about himself that should have made him sound urbane but did the opposite. He told me, for example, that he liked Steve Reich's music, modern-art museums, and Beat poetry. These words flew out of his mouth and went boomeranging back as if they knew they weren't meant to take the conversation anywhere but back to him. He also explained that he really liked interacting with different kinds of people. When I didn't immediately respond to this, he repeated it, and so I assured him I believed it.”
― Olivia Sudjic, Sympathy

“La posibilidad de vivir empieza en la mirada del otro”
― Michel Houllebecq