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“When is the proper age to shed the moniker ‘girl’? Do you stop being one with your first period? Are you an adult once you grow taller than 160 centimeters? When lots of adults don’t reach that height anyway? And is it not true that all of
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“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
“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
“But we don’t pray to change the world (or, in this case, the cactus); we pray to change ourselves, and so I continue my supplications—my begging and protestations—in the hopes that I may alter my own perception of this bitter flavor.”
― Death Valley
― Death Valley
“It reminded me, that when we know about suffering, when we are proximal to it, we are capable of extraordinary generosity. We can do and be so much for each other. But only when we see one another in our full humanity. Not as statistics or problems, but as people who deserve to be alive in the world.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
“We cannot address TB only with vaccines and medications. We cannot address it only with comprehensive STP programs. We must also address the root cause of tuberculosis, which is injustice. In a world where everyone can eat, and access healthcare, and be treated humanely, tuberculosis has no chance. Ultimately, we are the cause.
We must also be the cure.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
We must also be the cure.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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