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“God is the name of the blanket we throw over mystery to give it shape.”
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“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
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“When we graduate from childhood into adulthood, we're thrown into this confusing, Cthulhu-like miasma of life, filled with social and career problems, all with branching choices and no correct answers.”
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― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“All systems of oppression are adaptive; they can withstand and adjust to challenges and still maintain inequality.”
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― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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