"I lived through the end of a civil war. Do you know what it was like for me? [...] I went to work, I went out, I dated. This is what Americans don’t understand. They’re waiting to get personally punched in the face while ash falls from the sky. That’s not how it happens." https://twitter.com/AtomicOvermind/status/1309975938332008448
"I was looking through some old photos for this article and the mix is shocking to me now. Almost offensive. There’s a burnt body in front of my office. Then I’m playing Scrabble with friends. There’s bomb smoke rising in front of the mall. Then I’m at a concert."
"If you’re trying to carry on while people around you die, your society is not collapsing. It’s already fallen down."
The question is—what good can we build out of its ashes?
The question is—what good can we build out of its ashes?