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“So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice? In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime--the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment.”
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“We raise girls to see each other as competitors—not for jobs or accomplishments, which in my opinion can be a good thing—but for the attention of men.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“I began to see that for some, religion was just a form of politics you couldn’t criticize.”
― My Life on the Road
― My Life on the Road
“He had made himself believe that he was going to get well, which was really more than half the battle.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
“One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
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