Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Pam Houston: We Must Make Micro Countries of Love Inside This Larger Country of Cruelty

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 We Must Make Micro Countries of Love Inside 
This Larger Country of Cruelty

A shooting star fell outside my window last night, and my stomach clenched because I realized my relationship to hope, to wishes, had changed utterly this week. And then I realized that all wishes now needed to be replaced with something closer to determination. We must make communities now of whatever size that support all those who have become radically more vulnerable. We must make micro countries of love inside this larger country of cruelty. Small communities that prioritize difference and expression and safety and joy. In other words, we have to do what we have always done, just more determinedly.
― Pam Houston

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