Arundhati Roy: To Never Look Away

I love Arundhati Roy. I love Alice Walker. I love the courageous ones, the rebels, the truth-tellers, the wise ones, those whose actions are rooted in fierce compassion and caring and a higher good, those who do not look away - who truly Know and See - and yet who still continue to Love. May they inspire us all.... Molly

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To love. To be loved. 

To never forget your own insignificance. 

To never get used to the unspeakable violence 

and the vulgar disparity of life around you. 

To seek joy in the saddest places. 

To pursue beauty to its lair. 

To never simplify what is complicated 

or complicate what is simple. 

To respect strength, never power. 

Above all, to watch. To try and understand. 

To never look away. 

And never, never, to forget.

- Arundhati Roy

from Alice Walker Film