Ann Jones

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Book cover for Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
I thought my success was dependent on my brain and not my skin. After all, that’s the thing that my parents applauded me for. It would be weird for one’s parents to congratulate them on being especially black today.
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Jonathan Haidt
“Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason. We all need to take a cold hard look at the evidence and see reasoning for what it is.”
Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

Judy Batalion
“Not everyone survives surviving.”
Judy Batalion, The Light of Days

Stacy Schiff
“History’s what people are trying to hide from you, not what they’re trying to show you. You search for it in the same way you sift through landfill: for evidence of what people want to bury.  — HILARY MANTEL”
Stacy Schiff, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

“We all feel that we need to connect with something ...”
B. R. Burdette, Solitude vs. Isolation

Bonnie Garmus
“Imagine if all men took women seriously. Education would change. The workforce would revolutionize. Marriage counselors would go out of business.”
Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

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