Woke Quotes

“This...is for the ones who look with both eyes.
It is for the ones who see the bombs and the bastards
and stand shaking with the breath of the beast on their skin.
When you look with both eyes, you feel it all,
but you don't flee or freeze.
You fight.
You Swing your sword with both hands,
tears pouring from both eyes,
and when they try to drive you back,
you advance.”
― Caitlin Johnstone, Woke: A Field Guide For Utopia Preppers

“For the weeping warriors, for the savage saints,
for the bleeding mothers with fire in their eyes,
for the hidden mystics whose prayers keep the earth spinning,
for the buddhas who'll use their teeth when their blades are broken
and let their evolutionary ancestors howl through them,
this one is for you, my lovelies.”
― Caitlin Johnstone, Woke: A Field Guide For Utopia Preppers

“(They) have killed off that part of themselves which feels,
Which cannot look away, which brings them trembling to their knees,
at the wet-faced beauty of each instant,,,
They deftly slip the punches that life throws at their head as it screams
"Look at me! Feel me! Why did you even come here?”
― Caitlin Johnstone, Woke: A Field Guide For Utopia Preppers

“BUY STUFF
to wage war on the inevitable
BUY STUFF
to hide from your mortality
BUY STUFF
to make the bastards richer
BUY STUFF
to finally be good enough
BUY STUFF
because it's all they've left you
BUY STUFF
you are alone
BUY STUFF
BUY STUFF”
― Caitlin Johnstone, Woke: A Field Guide For Utopia Preppers