Lorraine

“To state quite simply what we learn in time of pestilence: that there are more things to admire in men than to despise.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

“Be patient with yourself. Shouting at flowers won't make them bloom.”
― Charlie Mackesy, Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm

“Attachment, the cause of all suffering, so the Buddhists say. To cling to what you have, what you have had, the life you have known, the handful of people and places you have ever really loved, to cling and not let go. Never relenting, never accepting, becoming all the time more enmeshed, holding harder, loving and hating more.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“the Christian Right and radical Islamists, although locked in a holy war, increasingly mirror each other. They share the same obsessions. They do not tolerate other forms of belief or disbelief. They are at war with artistic and cultural expression. They seek to silence the media. They call for the subjugation of women. They promote severe sexual repression, and they seek to express themselves through violence.”
― Chris Hedges, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America