#friends

wist@diasp.org

A quotation from Murasaki Shikibu

I have never thought there was much to be said in favour of dragging on long after all one’s friends were dead.

Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973 - c. 1014/1025) Japanese novelist, poet, lady-in-waiting [紫式部]
The Tale of Genji [源氏物語], ch. 29 “The Royal Visit [行幸]” [Princess Omiya] (AD 1001-1015) [tr. Waley (1928)]

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tord_dellsen@diasp.eu

You #fear to lose your #jobs. You fear to lose your #friends. You fear to lose your #status. You fear to lose these, while having the knowledge that there are those who are fearing the sounds of #bombs being repeatedly dropped on their homes, schools, and communities. They fear their #screams will not be heard around the world. But what makes matters worse is, we hear their screams, but choose to ignore them out of fear of being an #outcast of #society.

— Unholy Rome