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Debra Lowman
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“One of the plainest truths about both towns and individuals is that they usually don't turn into what we tell them to be, but what they are told they are.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”
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“Culture is as much about what we encourage as what we permit.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“Anything that grows closely enough to what it loves will eventually share the same roots. We can talk about loss, we can treat it and give it time, but biology still forces us to live according to certain rules: plants that are split down the middle don't heal, they die.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“A simple truth, repeated as often as it is ignored, is that if you tell a child it can do absolutely anything, or that it can’t do anything at all, you will in all likelihood be proven right. *”
― Beartown
― Beartown
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Debra’s 2025 Year in Books
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, African American, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Young-adult, and War
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