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And so there was, all about her, a knowledge of cosmic injustices, the same knowledge I’d glimpsed all those years ago watching my father reach for his belt, watching the suburban dispatches in my living room, watching the golden-haired
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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. —Anatole France, Nobel Laureate, 1921”
― West with Giraffes
― West with Giraffes
“If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.”
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“I know the average outfit in your wardrobe costs more than a semester of tuition at Princeton, but it makes you look like a community college during summertime: NO CLASS.”
― China Rich Girlfriend
― China Rich Girlfriend
“As historian Elizabeth Hayes Turner notes, “Memories represent power to people who are oppressed, for while they cannot control much of what occurs in their lives, they can own their own memories.”
― How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
― How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.”
― 1984
― 1984
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Abbey’s 2025 Year in Books
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