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Broken Country

by Clare Leslie Hall (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: b, romance, mys-susp-thrill, own-2-read, currently-reading

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Arlette’s Quotes

“It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.”
― Tim Winton, Breath

tags: idleness, loneliness, melancholy, sadness, time

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“And Teen Vogue routinely educates girls that gender is a social construct. “The truth is, not all women menstruate and not all people who menstruate are women,” one article blithely informs readers, as if that were factual.3”
― Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

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“Several studies indicate that nearly 70 percent of kids who experience childhood gender dysphoria—and are not affirmed or socially transitioned—eventually outgrow it.23”
― Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

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“It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless.”
― Tim Winton

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“Not even the most prominent members of their profession were safe from the activist mob. Get on board with “affirmative therapy”—or lose your job and maybe your license.”
― Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

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