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A Perfect Hand

by Ayelet Waldman (Goodreads Author)

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Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries

by Nicholas Lemann

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Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

by Ed Conway

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Ariel’s Quotes

“What's thought cannot be unthought.”
― L. M. Boston

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“And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.”
― Rick Riordan

tags: writing

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“History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own.”
― Julius Lester

tags: empathy, history

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“... once you start demonizing groups of people, when you make them the other, you can justify doing just about anything you want to the, can't you? Look at history if you don't believe me.”
― Brunonia Barry, The Fifth Petal

tags: history, prejudice, stereotypes

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“I think it is right that you should know I am here in the capacity of a private enquiry agent."
If she had announced that she was there in the capacity of a Fairy Godmother or of First Murderer, she could hardly have surprised him more. In fact, the Fairy Godmother would have seemed quite appropriate by comparison.”
― Patricia Wentworth, The Silent Pool

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