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A shudder went through me, sorrow and longing and fury and love, as I saw the title: Ramayana. The story of the glorious king Ram. My husband.
“Why don't you buy paper books? E-books lack character.”
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“Living with this kind of cognitive dissonance is simply part of being alive at this jarring moment in history, when a crisis we have been studiously ignoring is hitting us in the face– and yet we are doubling down on the stuff that is causing the crisis in the first place.”
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
“Humans who think we don’t understand them are the stupid ones.”
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path- all they do is trip you up.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“Providing free streets for vehicles and charging for public transit is taxing the necessities of the poor for the autogenocidal luxuries of the wealthy.”
― The Creation of Me, Them and Us
― The Creation of Me, Them and Us
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