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"some good ole (or actually new, in the grander scheme of things) fantasy is just what i need right now" — Jan 17, 2023 01:03AM
"some good ole (or actually new, in the grander scheme of things) fantasy is just what i need right now" — Jan 17, 2023 01:03AM
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"it's getting really interesting now! i like the idea of the magic system a lot. i like where the characters are going. only thing i'm not entirely sold on yet is the writing style. for a book so focused on linguistics and the way language shapes reality, some phrases and the style in general feels a bit too modern? i'll talk about it more in the review" — Sep 24, 2022 09:09AM
"it's getting really interesting now! i like the idea of the magic system a lot. i like where the characters are going. only thing i'm not entirely sold on yet is the writing style. for a book so focused on linguistics and the way language shapes reality, some phrases and the style in general feels a bit too modern? i'll talk about it more in the review" — Sep 24, 2022 09:09AM
“The earth I tread on is not a dead inert mass. It is a body—has a spirit—is organic—and fluid to the influence of its spirit—and to whatever particle of the spirit is in me”
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“I thought that it was more likely the opposite. I must have shut grief out. Found it in books. Cried over fiction instead of the truth. The truth was unconfined, unadorned. There was no poetic language to it, no yellow butterflies, no epic floods. There wasn't a town trapped underwater or generations of men with the same name destined to make the same mistakes. The truth was vast enough to drown in.”
― We Are Okay
― We Are Okay
“Nowhere, beloved, can world be but within us. Our life passes in transformation. And the external dwindles away.”
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“There is a difference between agreement and understanding: When discussing complex social and institutional dynamics such as racism, consider whether "I don't agree" may actually mean "I don't understand.”
― What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy
― What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy
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