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I loved this book, devoured it. This was a book Tok recommendation that didn’t disappoint. The fractured family dynamics, even in the midst of war were deeply resonant for me personally. The plot is the lead here, as are the characters which keeps yo ...more "
think this is the ongoing problem with Baltimore—no matter how many times the city presents itself as something new, there’s always a counternarrative and a chorus of voices that say, “Nah, hon, I knew you when.” As if a city can’t be more
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“What will happen to us?” I asked. “There will always be us,” he answered.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“Most wise men, in their private sentiments, have ever treated hereditary right with contempt; yet”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“aspirational labor”: “Aspirational labor is a mode of (mostly) uncompensated, independent work that is propelled by the much-venerated ideal of getting paid to do what you love.”55 The problem: doing what you love often does not pay.”
― Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
― Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
“we are never in a proper condition of doing justice to others, while we continue under the influence of some leading partiality, so neither are we capable of doing it to ourselves while we remain fettered by any obstinate prejudice. And”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“Poets don’t finish poems, they abandon them,” and then added, “Don’t worry, you’ll do okay, kid.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
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