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Jonpatterns’s Quotes

“I had no words to describe them---these feelings. How does one describe feelings one has never felt before?”
― Stephanie Skeem, The Unsame Ones

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“Each thinking mind is a political mind.”
― Zaman Ali, HUMANITY Understanding Reality and Inquiring Good

tags: each, mind, politics, thinking

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“Instead, I fell back into the routines of family and harvest, which meant on the day I returned to a life of misadventure, I was locked in battle with the constant enemy of my retirement: my roof.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

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“There is a tendency, especially today, to reduce all political analysis to an ideological formula, and to judge everything according to this formula. Such a reduction is usually erroneous, even dangerous, when applied to a complicated world. It is, of course, easier to simplify everything in order to make it more comprehensible. But the world does not become simpler when we ideologically simplify. We become simpler – to the point of stupidity.”
― J.R.Nyquist

tags: ideology, simplify

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“We are committing ecocide on a biblical scale. I am in no way religious, but if you are, consider this; do you really think God created wonderful diversity and gave us dominion over it so we could exterminate it? Do you really think He or She is pleased with what we have done?”
― Dave Goulson, Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse

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Indie Revolution Group — 240 members — last activity Sep 18, 2025 03:49AM
A place for anyone and everyone especially interested in promoting and discussing the work of indie authors and/or whatever else you like!

Anarchist & Radical Book Club — 2664 members — last activity Aug 17, 2025 01:13PM
This is a group to read and discuss anarchist practice and theory, by gathering a large body of anarchist literature, non-fiction, and theory, as well ...more

Booksounds — 75 members — last activity Nov 16, 2014 02:05PM
My own music compilations accompanying some of my favourite books. The goal is to express/intensify a certain mood, feeling or historical/geographical ...more

Social Change & Activism — 1668 members — last activity Jul 13, 2025 12:04AM
People interested in progressive social change for advancing social justice and the environment. Exploring issues, ideas, solutions, organizing, metho ...more

The Transfer by Kathryn Ford — 51 members — last activity Jul 19, 2020 10:43AM
My first, published, book. Welcome to the world of my imagination. You can follow me on Facebook: Kathryn Ford - author Or Twitter: @KathrynAuthor ...more

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