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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author)

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Witches, Bitches, It-Girls: Wie patriarchale Mythen uns bis heute prägen

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The Marriage Portrait

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Athina’s Quotes

“If I've thought of my mother as callous, and many times I have, then it is important to remember what a callus is: the hardened tissue that forms over a wound.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

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“Wie ist es möglich, dass ihr euch nicht aufbäumt gegen die Verachtung, die euch immer noch trifft. Nur auf den Nacken, der sich beugt, tritt der Fuß des vermeintlichen Herren...”
― Hedwig Dohm

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“To be sure, they have had the occasional success, but there is little chance that North America will develop a functional land ethic until it finds a way to overcome its irrational addiction to profit.”
― Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America

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“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

tags: logic, people, prejudice, pride, relationships, vanity

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“While the hardware of civilization - iron pots, blankets, guns - was welcomed by Native people, the software of Protestantism and Catholicism - original sin, universal damnation, atonement, and subligation - was not, and Europeans were perplexed, offended, and incensed that Native peoples had the temerity to take their goods and return their gods.”
― Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America

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