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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:
The Lord of the Rings
and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
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“To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.”
― The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
― The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
“I inhaled books like other people breathe oxygen. I didn't just read for knowledge or pleasure, I read to live.”
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
“Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
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