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Dream Count

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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by Samantha Harvey

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Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library

by Joyce Saricks (Goodreads Author)

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“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

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“Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”
― Susan Sontag

tags: attention, eagerness

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“Being tame is what we're taught: ... put the crayons back, stay in line, don't talk too loud, keep your knees together, nice girls don't...
As you might know, nice girls DO, and they like to feel wild and alive. Being tame feels safe, being wild, unsafe. Yet safety is an illusion anyway. We are not in control. No matter how dry and tame and nice we live, we will die. And we will suffer along the way. Living wild is its own reward.”
― SARK

tags: conservatism, life, nice-girls, safety, tame, wild, women

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