Monica

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Monica’s Notes & Highlights

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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“I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe.” “You poked it with a stick?” “No!” I said. “Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”

Rock Paper Scissors

by Alice Feeney

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Monica’s Quotes

“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

tags: nature

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“She knew the years of isolation had altered her behavior until she was different from others, but it wasn't her fault she'd been alone. Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

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“Loving yourself is not antithetical to health, it is intrinsic to health. You can't take good care of a thing you hate.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

tags: insightful-quote, lindy-west, shrill

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“It felt as if my whole life had been shaped by things people wouldn't say.”
― Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper

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“What the paper failed to recognize was that black people’s willingness to work had never been the problem. Having to work for free, under backbreaking conditions and the threat of the lash, was the real issue.”
― Carol Anderson, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

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