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Femaleness in patriarchal culture marks us from the very beginning as unworthy or not as worthy, and it should come as no surprise that we learn to worry most as girls, as women, about whether we are worthy of love.
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
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“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
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