Palestine Quotes

“I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.”
― Edward Said, Palestine

“What becomes of someone who thinks he has all the power... and what becomes of someone who believes he has none?”
― Joe Sacco, Palestine

“Some of the world's blackest holes are out
in the open for anyone to see....”
― Joe Sacco, Palestine

“Make no mistake, everywhere you go, not just in Marvel Comics,
there's parallel universes...Here? On the surface streets: traffic, couples in love,
falafel-to-go, tourists in jogging suits licking stamps for postcards... And over the
wall behind closed doors: other things-people strapped to chairs, sleep deprivation,
the smell of piss...other things happening for "reasons of national
security”
― Joe Sacco, Palestine

“A boy standing in the rain, and what is he thinking?”
― Joe Sacco, Palestine

“Americans care more about the rights of animals than about what happens to us!”
― Joe Sacco, Palestine

“I'm numbed by so many accounts of incarceration that the sort of thing that raises my brow is a male in his mid-20s who hasn't been arrested...”
― Joe Sacco, Palestine