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My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. “Something cannot emerge from nothing,” he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable “the truth” can be. —FROM
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“Rather than forcing Autistic people (and others) to prove and re-prove that we truly are disabled, and truly cannot work, universal basic income would be doled out to everyone, symbolically and practically asserting that all humans deserve to have enough money to live, no matter what.”
― Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
― Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
“I used to like the rules—sharp and exact as if drawn with a ruler— but they’re exhausting too. I used to think my rules could save me, make me happy, but all I see now are the ways they make me feel like I’m not enough.”
― Good Different
― Good Different
“I feel safe with my sunglasses on, protected by my earplugs, like I’m walking inside a clear force field.”
― Good Different
― Good Different
“Autism is a word I’ve heard before but it’s never been said like it’s a good thing. People say “autism” the same way they say things like “cancer.” But the more I read, the more I realize autism can be and look like lots of things. That’s why it’s called a spectrum.”
― Good Different
― Good Different
“So even if it stinks, there’s nothing you can do but to try to blend in and do your best to look like what everyone wants you to be: nice. polite. happy. quiet. Normal. A good little human.”
― Good Different
― Good Different
The Autistic Book Club
— 1065 members
— last activity Apr 07, 2026 12:46AM
Welcome to the Autistic Book Club! This group is for Autistic people, as well as ADHD people and those who are wondering if they might be Autistic. ( ...more
The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub
— 4576 members
— last activity Mar 11, 2026 05:04AM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more
Our Shared Shelf
— 222855 members
— last activity Apr 26, 2026 09:17AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Existential Book Club
— 1514 members
— last activity Apr 11, 2026 07:12AM
This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
Newest Literary Fiction
— 1312 members
— last activity 11 hours, 25 min ago
Discover and share your discovery of the most recently published literary fiction. If you love reading novels before anyone else decides they are good ...more
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