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“Those accustomed to hard work and self-propulsion, who have risen to the zenith of accomplishment by force of will and magnitude of effort, are most susceptible to the supreme self-damnation of human life—the belief that love is something to be earned by striving rather than something that comes unbidden like a shepherd's song on a summer evening in the mountains of Bulgaria.”
― Figuring
― Figuring
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story”
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― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story”
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“In order to understand, I destroyed myself.”
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“For she had eyes and chose me.”
― Othello
― Othello
“Where there is to be creative action, it is quite beside the point to discuss what we should or should not do in order to be right or good. A mind that is single and sincere is not interested in being good, in conducting relations with other people so as to live up to a rule. Nor, on the other hand, is it interested in being free, in acting perversely just to prove its independence. Its interest is not in itself, but in the people and problems of which it is aware; these are “itself.” It acts, not according to the rules, but according to the circumstances of the moment, and the “well” it wishes to others is not security but liberty.”
― The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
― The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
BC Human Rights Commissioner's Book Club
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Welcome to the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Book Club. Stories can be transformative. They can provide windows into someone else’s life or to ex ...more
Caitlin’s 2025 Year in Books
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621 books
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