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How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

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Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry

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At a refugee community in Onagawa, an old neighbor would appear in the living rooms of the temporary houses and sit down for a cup of tea with their startled occupants. No one had the heart to tell her that she was dead; the cushion on ...more

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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

tags: reading, writing

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Sharon Salzberg

tags: inspiration, life, love, self-acceptance, self-esteem, wisdom

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“We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.”
― Bill Clinton

tags: cooperation, difference, humanity, society

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