Life After Quotes

“Indeed, in the face of the unprecedented violence, it was not the state alone which hid behind a wall of silence, nor the victims, who bound their pain tightly behind it - the whole country, it would appear, lost its voice to silence: 'The May 13 Incident became the greatest taboo of all. When school resumed, we wore our insignia of mourning to class. Our teachers and classmates saw it clearly on our school uniforms but didn't say a single word about it, neither did they come forward to extend any condolences. This made us feel very dejected.' (Interview 17).”
― Members of the May 13 Oral History Group, Life After: Oral Histories of the May 13 Incident