Laura

“Some thoughts burrow into your mind as thoroughly as a wasp larva burrows into an unsuspecting caterpillar. The trick, which I am still learning, is how to live without being devoured by them.”
― T. Kingfisher, Wolf Worm

“The more the sexism, homophobia, and racism of their parties turns off voters, the more great replacement parties will turn to women, gay people, and people of colour to lead their parties – for proximity denial.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age

“I would die so that Yvanne would live, and in this way even my death would serve Dominion. The thought settled over me like snow, beautiful and numbing. I had always wanted to be of use.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Everlasting

“Great replacement politicians teach privileged groups to covet policies and practices that provide them with a generally better quality of life over disadvantaged groups, rather than coveting the shared power of antiracist democracy to provide themselves with the best quality of life together in solidarity with previously disadvantaged groups. For instance, lower-and middle-income White Americans are taught to covet the privilege of struggling less than their peers of color, rather than harnessing democratic power to eliminate financial struggle for all Americans. To defend their privilege of struggling less than people of color do, White Americans must defend racism. To defend racism is to defend racist power. To defend racist power is to increasingly defend dictatorial power. To defend dictatorial power is to defend their own domination.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age