Leah Lambart
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2010 the Obama administration and a Democratic Congress passed by a single vote in the Senate and by legislative sleight-of-hand in the House
“...I realized that the words most often used to define us were words that described our function in relation to others. Even the most benign words- maiden, wife, mother - told the world whether we were virgins or not. What was the male equivalent of maiden? I could not think of it. What was the male equivalent of Mrs., of whore, of common scold?... Which words would define me? Which would be used to judge or contain?”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
“These days, it’s easy to feel that we’ve fallen out of connection with one another and with the earth and with reason and with love. I mean: we have. But to read, to write, is to say that we still believe in, at least, the possibility of connection.”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
“Some words are more than letters on a page, don't you think? They have shape and texture. They are like bullets, full of energy, and when you give one breath you can feel its sharp edge against your lip.”
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
― The Dictionary of Lost Words
“The main thing I want us to be asking together is: What did we feel and where did we feel it? (All coherent intellectual work begins with a genuine reaction.)”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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