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I am sympathetic to those who are striking, and I am sympathetic to those of us who want to keep working. We all want the same things. To eat and feed our children.”
“You’re just – you spend all your time worrying about losing your edge or getting dumped or whatever and you’re never for a second grateful. You’re the valedictorian. You’re going to a great school next year, for free. So maybe you’re not a child prodigy. That’s good. At least you’re not a child anymore. Or, you’re not supposed to be, anyway.”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines
“Framing illness as even involving morality seems to me a mistake, because of course cancer does not give a shit whether you are a good person. Biology has no moral compass. It does not punish the evil and reward the good. It doesn’t even know about evil and good.
Stigma is a way of saying, “You deserved to have this happen,” but implied within the stigma is also, “And I don’t deserve it, so I don’t need to worry about it happening to me.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Stigma is a way of saying, “You deserved to have this happen,” but implied within the stigma is also, “And I don’t deserve it, so I don’t need to worry about it happening to me.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
“Luna’s heart was pulled to her grandmother’s heart. Was love a compass?
Luna’s mind was pulled to her grandmother’s mind. Was knowledge a magnet?”
― The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Luna’s mind was pulled to her grandmother’s mind. Was knowledge a magnet?”
― The Girl Who Drank the Moon
“Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs to the past.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
“Rats!” Papou howled at us in English, maybe looking for sympathy. ‘I can’t have rats in my bakery!”
He had a point. The undead come and go, but the New York City Department of Health is forever.”
― Wrath of the Triple Goddess
He had a point. The undead come and go, but the New York City Department of Health is forever.”
― Wrath of the Triple Goddess
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