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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

by David Graeber

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pp 93-94
Perhaps the real question here is what it means to be a 'self-conscious political actor'. Philosophers tend to define human consciousness in terms of self-awareness; neuroscientists, on the other hand, tell us we spend the overwhelming maj
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“The Jewish religion says it's not a child until it's two-thirds out of the woman's body--until the head has completely emerged.”
― Sheila Heti, Motherhood

tags: abortion, birth, child, fetus, human

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“Between what we know and what we cannot hope to know about how we come to be as we are lies an emotional dumping ground into which exceptional writers pour all the art they are capable of making.”
― Vivian Gornick, Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader

tags: writers, writing

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“There’s really no such thing as a right or wrong choice. We don’t make decisions. Our decisions make us.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

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“EVERYTHING I KNOW about tears I learned from Meret, who had to do a science presentation on them once. She had four giant photographs on easels, X-ray crystallography of onion tears, tears of change, laughing tears, tears of grief. Close up, they look completely different from each other, because they are. Emotional tears, for example, have protein-based hormones in them, including a neurotransmitter called leucine-enkephalin, which is a natural painkiller. Onion tears are less sticky, and disappear more quickly from a person’s cheeks. Although all tears have salt, water, and lysozyme—the main chemical in tears—how the crystals form differs, due to other ingredients. So onion tears look as dense as brocade. Tears of change resemble the fervent swarm of bees in a hive. Laughing tears are reminiscent of the inside of a lava lamp, with smarter angles. And tears of grief call to mind the earth, as seen from above.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

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“When it comes to lying, what one must consider is not the plausibility of the fib but the greed, fear, and stupidity of the receiver. One never lies to people; they lie to themselves. A good liar gives fools what they want to hear and allows them to free themselves from the facts at hand and choose the level of self-delusion that fits their foolishness and moral turpitude.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, El laberinto de los espíritus

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