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“We are all of us more complicated than the roles we are assigned in the stories other people tell”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“How can a mother sacrifice years of her life, put her career aside, make her dreams wait, without waiting for a paycheck at the end of the month? Would a paycheck bring her the same kind of happiness anyway? Not. Even. Close. We don’t make ourselves compassionate; we are born compassionate.”
― Najwa Zebian, Mind Platter

“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Life is not fair,
but
we can choose to be
fair humans
even if life
or other humans
choose to be
unfair
to us.”
― Najwa Zebian, The Nectar of Pain