“There is a world of desperation out there, seekers flocking to Vegas to be unleashed, to lose themselves and in the process sometimes find themselves, in a rite of passage shared by civilisations”
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“When I think of some of the problems the men students faced, I realise that they too suffer enormous stress and confusion. Don't both images have to be changed before a woman's situation truly improves?”
― Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
― Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
“Do I wish to keep up with the times? No.”
― Feminism, the body, and the machine.: An article from: Cross Currents
― Feminism, the body, and the machine.: An article from: Cross Currents
“The price of deviating for me turned out to be an awfully high one but, nevertheless the aim was real only because the bomb really does exist and hangs over the suburbs.”
― Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
― Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
“Christianity answered a need ancient polytheism could not satisfy; it gave misery meaning and value. By taking suffering out of the realm of blind chance, Christianity imposed a responsibility on those who inflicted it.”
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CHM’s 2025 Year in Books
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