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“Being poor, living in poverty, seemed a lot like probation—the crime being a lack of means to survive.”
― Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.”
― Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

“My feelings are my feelings, whether they feel good or hurt, I don’t want to be unplugged from myself.”
― Svetlana Alexievich, Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

“Impressed deep in the psyche of America, the most literate society ever founded, was the idea that you could improve yourself—morally, philosophically, financially—through the written word.”
― Kevin Baker, America the Ingenious: How a Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World