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“The church that raised me bears almost no resemblance to the one dehumanizing refugees”
― Awake: A Memoir
― Awake: A Memoir
“I reject the patriarchal narrative that says this is how men should be, this is how women should be, and this is how power dynamics should be. I condemn it everywhere it reigns. It does not harm just the women but also the men, not just the girls but also the boys. It is the ruination of freedom. It robs us of autonomy and forces us into caricatures.”
― Awake: A Memoir
― Awake: A Memoir
“and a nation where you can’t ask questions is one that is going downhill.”
― The Briar Club
― The Briar Club
“Potato pancakes, Claire reflected, were the food of love—meaning, they were such a colossal pain in the ass to make that no one would ever take the trouble except for love.”
― The Briar Club
― The Briar Club
“What if bewilderment at social choreography is the only true thing happening in the room? What if decorum doesn’t grease the machine but grinds it to a halt? I’ve never lived in a world where we all say what we actually mean and feel and think and believe and want. Maybe she is the one standing in integrity and the rest of us are just following the damn script.”
― Awake: A Memoir
― Awake: A Memoir
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