“Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.”
Philip Gourevitch“I couldn't help thinking how well Cain had prospered after killing his brother: he founded the first city--and, although we don't like to talk about it all that much, we are all his children.”
Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families“The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.”
Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families“This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real.”
Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families“Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.”
Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families