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“How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!”
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
“Eventually I confess to a friend some details about my weeping—its intensity, its frequency. She says (kindly) that she thinks we sometimes weep in front of a mirror not to inflame self-pity, but because we want to feel witnessed in our despair. (Can a reflection be a witness? Can one pass oneself the sponge wet with vinegar from a reed?)”
― Bluets
― Bluets
“I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The discussion about human evolution might not revolve as much around violence, warfare and male dominance, but rather around sexuality, empathy, caring and cooperation. What a different intellectual landscape we would occupy!”
― Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
― Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
“the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by a patriarchal world that did not want him to claim his true feelings. The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others. When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better. To be loving we willingly hear the other’s truth, and most important, we affirm the value of truth telling. Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laura’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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152 friends
389 books
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260 friends
691 books
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81 friends
166 books
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53 friends
0 books
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32 friends
70 books
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16 friends
39 books
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158 friends
22 books
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64 friends
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