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Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Bence Nanay

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So the traditional way of thinking about aesthetics is that we have to somehow draw a line between the aesthetic and the non-aesthetic so that sex and drugs are out, but hairstyle and music are in. How can this be done?

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“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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“Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.”
― Virginia Woolf, Orlando

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“He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.”
― Virginia Woolf, Orlando

tags: aspirations, dreams, hopes, inspirational, life

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“Oh, I'm burning! I wish I were out of doors! I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them! Why am I so changed?”
― Emily Bronte

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