Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.

~ Philip Gourevitch

Philip Gourevitch Genocide Rwanda War

This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real.

~ Philip Gourevitch

Philip Gourevitch Imagining Life Reality

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

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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

Philip Gourevitch Cain Human Origins Murder