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It was over, and the shift went on. There were still many more men waiting to be seen. The work didn’t care how afraid you were, it still demanded to be done.
“When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.
We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“The final portrait is often furthest from the truth.”
― Columbine
― Columbine
“Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.”
― The Glass Castle
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.”
― The Glass Castle
“But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.
Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
Buzzwordathon
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The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more
Around the Year in 52 Books
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~ 2026 Reading Challenge ~ 52 books for 52 weeks. Each week, members read the book of their choice for that week's challenge requirement. ▶︎ CURREN ...more
Alberta Lefties Reading Group
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A group of friendly, politically-minded, curious Albertans. Group reads will include a variety of topics but will focus on explicitly leftist and inte ...more
Mount TBR 2016
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— last activity Jan 20, 2017 09:18AM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2016 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I am hosting on my blog My Reader's ...more
Mount TBR 2018
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— last activity Jan 17, 2019 03:43AM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2018 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I am hosting on my blog My Reader's ...more
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