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“So often, within the privacy of our inner worlds, we take the difficult thing and make it worse. Our own subliminal hate speech coats our experience and gives an added layer of meaning to things that are already difficult enough.”
― Mark Epstein, Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself

“The hymen is a profound example of the way humans metaphorize anatomy. Here is an organ that has no biological function, and yet Western culture made up a powerful story about the hymen a long time ago. This story has nothing to do with biology and everything to do with controlling women. Culture saw a “barrier” at the mouth of the vagina and decided it was a marker of “virginity” (itself a biologically meaningless idea).”
― Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

“That message was repeated many times throughout the event—that when morphine was used to treat pain, it was not actually addictive.”
― Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

“Something to keep in mind is that nutritional advice is largely governed by economics, not by health.”
― Sid Garza-Hillman, Approaching the Natural: A Health Manifesto