“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.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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.”
― 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.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent.”
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
― 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.”
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Ich möchte Ihnen sagen: Das ist ein Irrtum. Es ist eine Einladung mit freier Platzwahl.”
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“Aber Wut ist nicht dasselbe wie Hass. Hass will Zerstörung, Wut will Veränderung. Hass ist Destruktiv, Wut ist Produktiv.”
― Untenrum frei
― Untenrum frei
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