Anna

“Any given system of power is built on an assumption (which of course is trying to portray itself as an axiom) that to receive joy you need to pay or obey. The ultimate act of subversion is thus finding joy in a refusal to pay and obey, in an act of living by radically different values. It’s not an act of deprivation or austerity, it’s not a vow, it’s an act that reveals joy that transcends given boundaries.”
― Nadya Tolokonnikova

“The desire to demonize others is based on the ontological uncertainties.”
― Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Modernity

“At this moment” is a rare thing because only sometimes do I step with both feet on the land of the present; usually one foot slides toward the past, the other slides toward the future. And I end up with nothing.”
― Clarice Lispector, A Breath of Life

“Concentrate on the victims of enemy powers and forget about the victims of friends.”
― Edward S. Herman, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media