"There are many ways to kill.
You can stab someone in the guts,
take someone's bread away,
not heal someone from disease,
put someone in a bad living space,
work someone to death,
drive him to suicide,
lead someone to war
etc.
Only few of these things are prohibited in our state."
Bertolt Brecht, german writer, poet and theatre practitioner.
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Let hope prevail...
One night I dreamed
I met him
at a crossroad
i met him
pale
and grim
the reaper
hein
azrael
well you know
he's got many names
middle of the road
he stood
friendly
with a cold smile
with open arms
welcome
he said.
come
safely rest in my arms.
because
- fella -
do you think
there's still
another way to go?
and
i heard myself say
(and hopefully
I'll say it when the day comes)
i follow
him
who
through
crossed your plan.
Helen Keller
Mary Roach