Quote of the Day (Shirley Hazzard, on Evasion and Responsibility)

“Evasion is rooted in fear, just as responsibility arises from conviction; and the sense of private responsibility through words has proved very hard to maintain.”— Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016), We Need Silence to Find Out What We Think: Selected Essays (2016)