Status Updates From Firebrand

"We had the power to change things, and yet while we had pity for the oppressed, we held parties for their oppressors. Injustice festered around us and we held our tongues. Kept our heads down. Smiled and curtsied. Quiet, polite, safe." (p. 222)

Lines like this are what I love most about this book.

David asked if Westleigh was okay and David thought "If he could but see the list."