"People are always saying to me, 'Maria, you’re 22. Don’t you want to travel? Go to college? Get a job? Make human friends that are not the rabbits you raise for food or the ghostly woman that lives in your yellow wallpaper?' My answer is always a resounding 'NO.'"
"The brutal legacy of my family’s homeland tells us all that extralegal detentions such as these are only the prelude to much greater forms of violence against anyone who might dare to speak out."
"What I ask of my generation is to see this newfound religion, however, as a way we can be more loving, more empathetic, more redemptive — not a way to justify our domination or cruelty."
"In a time where the power of the war machine feels all-consuming, what could be more magnetic than a cultural movement that believed in radical peace?"
"To pit survivors against each other in a race for aid only serves to distract the public from the politicians who would like us to believe that they don’t have the resources to help everyone."
