“Up until the mid-eighties, there was always a shared assumption that the Right controlled the currency of outrage; part of what made conservatives “conservative” was their discomfort with profanity and indecency and Elvis Presley’s hips. But then — somewhat swiftly, and somehow academically — it felt as if the Left was suddenly dictating what was acceptable to be infuriated over (and always for ideological motives, which is why the modifier “politically” felt essential). This created a lot of low-level anxiety whenever people argued in public.”
― I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains
― I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains
“I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
“ I want to be Brave, and Selfless,
and smart, and Kind, and honest.”
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and smart, and Kind, and honest.”
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“There's no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.”
― Cash
― Cash
“In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.”
― Allegiant
― Allegiant
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