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Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth

by Naguib Mahfouz

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Nov 10, 2026 08:44AM

“Buying so much clothing, and treating it as if it is disposable, is putting a huge added weight on the environment and is simply unsustainable.”
― Elizabeth L. Cline, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

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“I didn’t have a clue what it meant
but I’ve been dizzy on that feeling ever since.”
― Kae Tempest, Hold Your Own

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“A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with. You may not live on the island, but you can’t tell me it’s not your home. Your bubble, Mr. Baker. It’s been popped. Why would you allow it to grow around you again?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

tags: found-family

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“Hallowed landscapes lost their sacredness and were exploited as the local people became insensitive to the destruction, accepting it as a sign of progress.”
― Wangari Maathai, Unbowed: A Memoir

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“Just because you don’t experience prejudice in your everyday doesn’t stop it from existing for the rest of us.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

tags: prejudice

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