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"Not sure if I’m going to finish this one as I am skipping pages for the 3rd time. Non-spoilery reasons: (1) unnecessary hetero sex scene, (2) violence against cats, (3) anti-feminist rhetoric.
Have I once again fallen into the trap of famous male author who hates women and loves violence?" — May 31, 2026 09:37PM
"Not sure if I’m going to finish this one as I am skipping pages for the 3rd time. Non-spoilery reasons: (1) unnecessary hetero sex scene, (2) violence against cats, (3) anti-feminist rhetoric.
Have I once again fallen into the trap of famous male author who hates women and loves violence?" — May 31, 2026 09:37PM
“Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.”
― Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
― Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
“To hope is to gamble. It's to bet on your futures, on your desires, on the possibility that an open heart and uncertainty is better than gloom and safety. To hope is dangerous, and yet it is the opposite of fear, for to live is to risk.”
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
“It was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.”
― O Pioneers!
― O Pioneers!
“Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope.”
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
― Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
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