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“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Educated
― Educated
“The creative adult is the child who survived.” –Ursula Leguin”
― The INFP: Understanding the Dreamer
― The INFP: Understanding the Dreamer
“He said positive liberty is self-mastery—the rule of the self, by the self. To have positive liberty, he explained, is to take control of one’s own mind; to be liberated from irrational fears and beliefs, from addictions, superstitions and all other forms of self-coercion.”
― Educated
― Educated
“I would never again be made a foot soldier in a conflict I did not understand.”
― Educated
― Educated
“I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money.”
― Educated
― Educated
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