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Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School

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Living the Artist's Way

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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

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For many immigrants, if you move here with trauma, you’re going to do what it takes to get by. You cheat. You beat your wife. You gamble. You’re a survivor and, like most survivors, you are a god-awful parent.

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“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“A good little bookstore…is a laboratory for our coming together.”
― Ross Gay

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“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

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“It can help us keep our balance to distinguish between the living people who were hurtful and the internalized ones who are now part of our neurobiology. Those who harmed us may never change, but once they become part of us, they seem to partake in our impulse towards healing.”
― Bonnie Badenoch, The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships

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