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“Writing in the form of activism, art, or entertainment is a necessary and basic foundation for a productive, well informed society.”

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“I thought we were a real love relationship. I did. I was very invested in love, but it was just this long long sex thing that could end at any moment because after all, it's just about getting off. Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love.”

Love

Book:Invisible Monsters

Source: Invisible Monsters

“Ultimately, the only people who make a difference are specific individuals – the ones capable of getting off their ass and doing something incredibly creative. Those are the only people to whom we have anything to say. What do the rest matter? They are irrelevant.”

Action Creativity Active Activism Passive

Book:The Omega Point

Source: The Omega Point

“Better sleepless for justice than soulless in indifference - better sleepless for equality than soulless in apathy - better sleepless for harmony than soulless in complacency.”

Acceptance Racism Prejudice Social Justice Brainy Quotes Equality Activism Indifference Black Lives Matter Police Brutality

Book:Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

Source: Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

“The restlessness that you feel for society is the first sign of life.”

Sacrifice Social Justice Brainy Quotes Humanism Humanitarian Activism Service Of Humanity Social Work Serving Humanity Sacrifice For Others

Book:Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

Source: Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

“A baby is born when the mother's pain is at its extreme, likewise, a humane world is born only when a handful of bravehearts bear the pain to deliver it out of their sweat and blood.”

Sacrifice Social Justice Humanitarian Activism Service Of Humanity Service To Others Serving Humanity Reformer Social Reform Humanitarian Efforts

Book:Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

Source: Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

“Adults keep saying: "We owe it to the young people to give them hope." But I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.”

Climate Change Activism Climate Crisis Carbon Footprint Climate Change Denial

Book:No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Source: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

“I believe in hope as an act of defiance, or rather as the foundation for an ongoing series of acts of defiance, those acts necessary to bring about some of what we hope for while we live by principle in the meantime. There is no alternative, except surrender. And surrender not only abandons the future, it abandons the soul.”

Inspirational Hope Activism

Book:Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

Source: Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power

“I suppose I am remembering Passover as a way to remind myself that the struggle for freedom is as old as time. That there are always others who yet need to be delivered.”

Freedom Activism Free Passover

Book:Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

Source: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“From the summer of 1909 to the end of 1911, New York waist makers - young immigrants, mostly women - achieved something profound. They were a catalyst for the forces of change: the drive for women's rights (and other civil rights), the rise of unions, and the use of activist government to address social problems.”

Women Change Unions Activism Civil Rights Immigrants Women S Rights Social Issues Social History

Book:Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

Source: Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

“Let's stop making the same old mistakes. Here are a few, but I trust that you will silently add your own: Projecting messianic fantasies onto politicians. Thinking the market will fix it. Building a movement made up entirely of upper-middle-class white people and wondering why people of color don't want to join 'our movement.' Tearing each other to bloody shreds because it's easier to do that than go after the forces most responsible for this mess. These are social change clichés, and they are getting really boring. We don't have the right to demand perfection from each other. But we do have the right to expect progress. To demand evolution. So, let's make some new mistakes. Let's make new mistakes as we break through our silos and build the kind of beautifully diverse and justice-hungry movement that actually has a chance of winning - winning against the powerful interests that want us to keep failing.”

Social Justice Climate Change Activism Environmentalism Equitable Movements

Book:On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal

Source: On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal

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