Sign in with Facebook
ochers and reds and even lavender she had gathered in deserts
“It was strange, learning the contours of another’s loneliness. You could never know it all at once; like stepping inside a dark cave, you felt along the walls, bumped into jagged edges.”
― The Mothers
― The Mothers
“The racial status quo is comfortable for white people, and we will not move forward in race relations if we remain comfortable. The key to moving forward is what we do with our discomfort.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“To interrupt white fragility, we need to build our capacity to sustain the discomfort of not knowing, the discomfort of being racially unmoored, the discomfort of racial humility.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“Not naming the groups that face barriers only serves those who already have access; the assumption is that the access enjoyed by the controlling group is universal.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“We have an original anxiety that stems from feeling we’re missing something, that there’s more to life, that we need to know where and how we connect with life. But to sit with our true selves causes another anxiety, a lonely, exposed anxiety. Then, if we flee this sitting with ourselves, we encounter the anxiety of, well, knowing that we’re fleeing ourselves and truth. It’s”
― First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety—A Personal Memoir of Self-Discovery
― First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety—A Personal Memoir of Self-Discovery
Eliza’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Eliza’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
151 books
|
37 friends
79 books
|
26 friends
372 books
|
161 friends
1,590 books
|
177 friends
231 books
|
64 friends
1 book
|
24 friends
730 books
|
114 friends
266 books
|
82 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, and Spirituality
Polls voted on by Eliza
Lists liked by Eliza