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the books and research papers described the symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome, and I formed a provisional conclusion that most of these were simply variations in human brain function that had been inappropriately medicalized because they did
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“And still I urge you to struggle. Struggle for the memory of your ancestors. Struggle for wisdom. Struggle for the warmth of The Mecca. Struggle for your grandmother and grandfather, for your name. But do not struggle for the Dreamers. Hope for them. Pray for them, if you are so moved. But do not pin your struggle on their conversion. The Dreamers will have to learn to struggle themselves, to understand that the field for their Dream, the stage where they have painted themselves white, is the deathbed of us all.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“You look like a protagonist.”
― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park
“Remember, the center of a woman is her uterus. Her crazy, crazy uterus.”
― Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
― Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
“Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows.”
― Letters
― Letters
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