Naomi ☾

“He wants their sexuality to be an equalizer; he wants to focus on the discrimination they face in common. But Simon can conceal his sexuality. Robert can’t conceal his blackness, and almost everyone in the Castro is white.”
― Chloe Benjamin, The Immortalists

“The foxes run. The foxes die. I mourn them, but I understand that there is danger in mourning for those who would not mourn for you in return. Empathy is for those who can afford it. Empathy is for the privileged. Empathy is not for Nature.”
― Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

“It sounds like you're saying we can choose to live. Or we can choose to survive.”
― Chloe Benjamin, The Immortalists

“If you are living in silence
With violence in your bones
Sorrow in your marrow
Blood running cold
Heal I beg you
Heal I beg you
Heal I beg you
Heal”
― Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth