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“as young people move their social relationships online, those relationships become disembodied, asynchronous, and sometimes disposable.”
― The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
― The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
“Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go on even though you're scared.”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“His pathologies have rendered him so simple-minded that it takes nothing more than repeating to him the things he says to and about himself dozens of times a day—he’s the smartest, the greatest, the best—to get him to do whatever they want, whether it’s imprisoning children in concentration camps, betraying allies, implementing economy-crushing tax cuts, or degrading every institution that’s contributed to the United States’ rise and the flourishing of liberal democracy.”
― Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
― Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
“we were living through so many contemporaneous tragedies that it was impossible to stay constantly attuned to the potential for even more catastrophe and still function.”
― Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir
― Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir
“If you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked on occasion, I am not interested in or open to your feedback. There are a million cheap seats in the world today filled with people who will never be brave with their own lives, but will spend every ounce of energy they have hurling advice and judgement at those of us trying to dare greatly. Their only contributions are criticism, cynicism, and fear-mongering. If you're criticizing from a place where you're not also putting yourself on the line, I'm not interested in your feedback.”
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Joellen’s 2025 Year in Books
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