“You don’t have to be leading a crowd of protesters to be a hero. When there’s a bloodbath going on in your country, the greatest form of heroism and rebellion is to sit down at your desk every morning and write.” I didn’t have a ready answer for him. Little by little I was losing all that was dear to me. Rather, all those people and things were being taken from me. In light of that, I couldn’t help but think: Is giving up on writing really such a big deal?
