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The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)

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Sep 17, 2019 02:06AM

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Michelle Alexander

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Jul 13, 2019 03:40PM

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Red Birds

by Mohammed Hanif

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May 27, 2019 07:49PM

“I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!"
"You do care," said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

tags: ache, death, dumbledore, harry-potter, hurt, life, pain

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“Everyone loses their class when they travel through hell, but only a few will regain it if they remain humble and accept the part they played in their own misery.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: abuse-of-others, arrogant-women, be-an-example, be-better, be-consistent, be-honest, be-real, be-true, being-indenial, blamers, blaming, class, classless, control-freaks, cruelty-to-others, delusional, denial, fake-spiritualism, finding-class, gaslighting, get-self-respect, god-s-daughter, growing-up, hatred-of-others, hypocrites, illegal, injust, insecurity-issues, jealous, jealous-women, lack-of-sympathy, lady, ladyless, let-go-of-hatred, live-your-religion, maturity, owning-up, remain-humble, responsibility, rise-up, sadistic, self-awareness, self-introspection, self-righteousness, shifting-blame, stupidity, superiority-complex, teach-your-daughters, twofaced, wrong-paths

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“Quitters always believe the lies they tell themselves because delusion is easier to live with than the reality that they settled for an easier path.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: fantasy, gaslighting, red-path, weak

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“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“It is not okay for someone you like to treat you poorly and then pretend it didn’t happen, making you question your own grasp on reality. This dynamic is called gaslighting. It’s a common tactic of abusers to shift the focus of the blame from their bad behavior onto the person they are victimizing. One important side effect of gaslighting is having your memory “black out” after a fight (because your brain is trying to protect you from the cruelty of the abuse), which results in not being able to remember how an argument started. You may start to internalize the idea that there is something wrong with you and that you did something to provoke the situation as you’re increasingly beaten down and confused.”
― shannon weber

tags: abusive-relationship, emotional-abuse, gas-light, gaslighting, psychological-abuse

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