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“I’ve been lucky to have been cared for and loved since childhood by a circle of women. Now it’s time for me to create a wider circle, so I can do for my daughters and other women in the household what Grandmother, Miss Zhao, Meiling, and even Poppy have done for”
― Lady Tan's Circle of Women
― Lady Tan's Circle of Women
“I was alone. I had no one. No mother, no father, no brothers, no sisters, no grandmas, no grandpas, no uncles, no aunties, no cousins, and no tribe. I’d seen the children at the orphanage laugh or cry when they received news about a family member. I would never receive such news and no family would laugh or cry for me. That day I understood with sharp clarity that I didn’t have a mother who wanted me.”
― Africa's Child
― Africa's Child
“When you can cultivate a sense of self-awareness that extends beyond your own subjective experience, you have the opportunity to study your behaviors from an objective vantage point.”
― I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
― I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
“It’s pretty confusing.”
“Good. Be confused. Confusion is where inspiration comes from.”
― Brainwalker
“Good. Be confused. Confusion is where inspiration comes from.”
― Brainwalker
“His family could not understand the attraction to Marxism. It offered nothing and demanded everything, including your soul.”
― Growing Up American
― Growing Up American
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