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Amy is Currently Reading

Amy Peavy is currently reading

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: history, nonfiction, currently-reading

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"This book is fantastic. This book is shocking." — Jan 22, 2018 06:43PM

Jun 27, 2017 07:26PM

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Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion

by Marlene Winell

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Aug 13, 2020 04:52PM

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You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity

by Jamie Lee Finch

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Amy’s Notes & Highlights

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

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Having all the time in the world makes getting things done impossible.

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Amy’s Quotes

“I'm sorry that it was this way, Mom. Not sorry like an apology. I'm sorry as in sorrow.”
― Joseph Fink, Welcome to Night Vale

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“...for without contrasts, how does one appreciate the different forms that joy can take?”
― N.K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?

tags: contrasts, joy

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“You say your life is unraveling. Your life cannot unravel. Your life is your life. You haven't lost it. It's just different now”
― Jeffrey Cranor, Welcome to Night Vale

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“Almost always we are all experiencing the same problems as everyone else,” said Josie, “and pretending we don’t so that every one of us thinks we are alone.”
― Joseph Fink, Welcome to Night Vale

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“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. . . . We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. —JOHN F. KENNEDY, Commencement Address at Yale University, delivered June 11, 1962”
― Amber Scorah, Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life

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