Elena

“But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.
Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“Ich habe immer geglaubt, das Leben sei eine Einladung mit Tischkärtchen. Als müsste man sich, schon aus Gründen der Höflichkeit, auf den Stuhl setzen, der einem zugewiesen wird, auch wenn es am anderen Ende des Tisches viel lebhafter zugeht.
Ich möchte Ihnen sagen: Das ist ein Irrtum. Es ist eine Einladung mit freier Platzwahl.”
― Mariana Leky