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“They feared each other. Themselves. They judged others for not looking like they did. Selfish, cruel, and worse—indifferent. No civilization can survive indifference. It spreads like a poison, turning fire into apathy, a dire infection
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“That's how it works: someone important believes in us, loudly and with conviction and against all substantiation, and over time, we begin to believe, too - not in our shot at perfection, mind you, but in the good enough version of us that they have reflected.”
― Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say
― Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say
“You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.”
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
“Percy sees me off at the door with more affirming words but no hug or even a pat upon the shoulder. Thank god for friends who learn to speak to you in your own language rather than making you learn theirs.”
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
“No one calls a girl spirited or opinionated or intimidating or any of those words you can pretend are complimentary and means it to be. They’re all just different ways of calling her a bitch.”
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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Ventura County Library, One County, One Book Club
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Each year, Ventura County Library hosts the One County, One Book program. The 2020 selection is "The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See. ...more
Scuba MAR Maids
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Welcome to the Scuba MAR Maids Book Club — where our love for the ocean meets our love for a great book. This is a space for divers, ocean lovers, an ...more
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