Carmen Rios

“The actual play-by-play of the bus boycott is a reminder that meaningful acts of refusal have come not directly from fear, anger, and hysteria, but rather from the clarity and attention that makes organizing possible.”
― Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

“Nothing was irrevocable; everything was within reach... I could make promises to myself and to other people and there would be all the time in the world to keep them. I could stay up all night and make mistakes, and none of it would count.”
― Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

“There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“Reality is blobby. It refuses to be systematized.”
― Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy