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Modern Classics Simone Weil an Anthology (Penguin Modern Classics) by Simone Weil (2005-11-29)

by Simone Weil

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“She's been given a life, but she has somehow failed to spend it.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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“That maybe freedom is just about choosing the life you want. Even if that life’s in one place, doing the food shop together. Arguing over who forgot to buy loo roll.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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“Because sometimes their need to please previous generations is greater than their need to love future ones.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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“It’s come to shape the way I think about every country, every community: Whose nonexistence is necessary to the self-conception of this place, and how uncontrollable is the rage whenever that nonexistence is violated?”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

tags: being-overlooked, citizens, communities, countries, existence, nonexistence, rage, rights

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“Mehri has always treated parenting like she’s cooking a big warming pan of something: a pinch of that, a pinch of this, she’s sure it will turn out fine in the end. Cora’s own approach has always felt more like baking a cake: carefully measuring out ingredients and trying not to ruin everything. She admires Mehri’s way.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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