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The Amber Spyglass
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If, however, I understand racism as a system into which I was socialized, I can receive feedback on my problematic racial patterns as a helpful way to support my learning and growth. One of the greatest social fears for a white person is ...more
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
“I understood, at last, how our revolution had gone from being the vanguard of political change to the rearguard hoarding power. In this transformation, we were not unusual. Hadn’t the French and the Americans done exactly the same? Once revolutionaries themselves, they had become imperialists, colonizing and occupying our defiant little land, taking away our freedom in the name of saving us. Our revolution took considerably longer than theirs, and was considerably bloodier, but we made up for lost time. When it came to learning the worst habits of our French masters and their American replacements, we quickly proved ourselves the best. We, too, could abuse grand ideals! Having liberated ourselves in the name of independence and freedom—I was so tired of saying these words!—we then deprived our defeated brethren of the same.”
Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.”
Diane Nash

Anthony Horowitz
“Everything in life has a pattern and a coincidence is simply the moment when the pattern becomes briefly visible.”
Anthony Horowitz, Moonflower Murders

Madeline Miller
“Gods pretend to be parents, but they are children, clapping their hands and shouting for more.”
Madeline Miller, Circe

Hope Jahren
“Even if you consider yourself on the right side of environmental issues and a true believer in climate change, chances are that you are actively degrading the earth as much as, or more than, the people you argue with. An effort tempered by humility will go much further than one armored with righteousness.”
Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

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