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“Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.”
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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
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“Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.”
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“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
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“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
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Barbara’s 2025 Year in Books
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