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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

“To learn something, to master something, anything, is as sweet as first love.”
― Geoffrey Wolff

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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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“Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings”
― John Gillespie MaGee Jr.

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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 have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.”
― Tracy Chevalier

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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 — 189 members — last activity May 28, 2026 05:11PM
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