Socialist Realism Quotes

“It doesn't matter if you're inside or outside the closet. Either way, it's impossible to know if you can ever really be free.”
― Trisha Low, Socialist Realism

“Ironically, our tools for escapism usually end up as allegories of what's true.
In other words, when push comes to shove, you can't escape reality.”
― Trisha Low, Socialist Realism

“The truth is, I do have a chance to fight for something in the place I came from. Something akin to what I continue to fight and hope for in America. Something bigger than myself. And yet, I stay. It's a decision I continue to make, one that continues to haunt me. And even if it is a choice, there's no weight in it. It's meaningless apart from selfish intent.”
― Trisha Low, Socialist Realism

“I'm upset because it feels like you can't write the personal without it fitting neatly into some larger cause. These days, there's no room to make art unless its loyalties are straightforward, like how we want identity to be.”
― Trisha Low, Socialist Realism

“Some names have been changed.
Some facts may have succumbed to recollection.”
― Trisha Low, Socialist Realism