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Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
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On one side of the gap lies our indoctrinated brains; on the other side lies our searching spirits. And the rest of us is somewhere in the middle—sometimes stretched, other times bouncing from one gravitational pull to the other and back
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“ah, life—
the thing
that happens
to us
while we’re off
somewhere else
blowing on
dandelions
& wishing
ourselves into
the pages of
our favorite
fairy tales.”
― The Princess Saves Herself in This One
the thing
that happens
to us
while we’re off
somewhere else
blowing on
dandelions
& wishing
ourselves into
the pages of
our favorite
fairy tales.”
― The Princess Saves Herself in This One
“It was funny how just when you thought you knew yourself through and through, you stumbled on a new kind of strength, a fresh reserve of power inside you that you never knew you had, and all at once you found yourself burning a little brighter and hotter than you ever had before.”
― The Magician's Land
― The Magician's Land
“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
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“By the time I wrote this book I needed to look at heroics from outside and underneath, from the point of view of the people who are not included. The ones who can’t do magic. The ones who don’t have shining staffs or swords. Women, kids, the poor, the old, the powerless. Unheroes, ordinary people—my people. I didn’t want to change Earthsea, but I needed to see what Earthsea looked like to us.”
― Tehanu
― Tehanu
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A book group for fans of the Pop Rocket podcast. And if you're not a fan of the Pop Rocket podcast, you should check it out: http://www.maximumfun.org ...more
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