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“It is not that the beautiful totality of the individual is amputated, repressed, altered by our social order, it is rather that the individual is carefully fabricated in it, according to a whole technique of forces and bodies.”
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“Visibility is a trap.”
― Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
― Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
“But the guilty person is only one of the targets of punishment. For punishment is directed above all at others, at all the potentially guilty.”
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“...if you are not like everybody else, then you are abnormal, if you are abnormal , then you are sick. These three categories, not being like everybody else, not being normal and being sick are in fact very different but have been reduced to the same thing”
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“Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another.
Committed bonds (including marriage) cannot last when this is the prevailing logic. Most of us are unclear about what to do to protect and strengthen caring bonds when our self-centered needs are not being met.”
― All About Love: New Visions
Committed bonds (including marriage) cannot last when this is the prevailing logic. Most of us are unclear about what to do to protect and strengthen caring bonds when our self-centered needs are not being met.”
― All About Love: New Visions
Allie’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Allie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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88 friends
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698 books
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123 books
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310 books
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1,442 books
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52 friends
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