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Amanda’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle

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We deny ourselves the benefits of solitude because we see the time it requires as a resource to exploit. Instead of using time alone to think (or not think), we think of filling it with digital connection.

This is exactly why we can't think for ourselves.

Amanda’s Quotes

“It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.”
― Ian McEwan

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“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

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“Drink today, and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow;
Best, while you have it, use your breath;
There is no drinking after death.”
― Ben Jonson

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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
― Neil Gaiman

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“The world's perverse, but it could be worse.”
― Mona Van Duyn

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Amanda’s Groups

Booked on 25th — 18 members — last activity Jan 16, 2017 12:26PM
A group for Booked on 25th (independent bookstore on Historic 25th Street in Ogden, UT) book clubs.

Atheist Book Club — 13 members — last activity Jan 02, 2017 01:35PM
Secular Reading. Just a bunch of atheists getting together to read fine literature. What we'll read will be loosely democratic in nature, and it may b ...more

Peculiar Book Club — 208 members — last activity Sep 14, 2026 05:04AM
The Peculiar Book Club is the esteemed home of the quirky, quizzical, curious, and bizarre. Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for events twice a month vi ...more