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“Accountability is very simple, three things: authenticity, action, and amends.”
― The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
― The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
“As the devoted wife of a man who worshipped her, she felt she would take her place with a certain dignity in the world of reality, closing the portals forever behind her upon the realm of romance and dreams.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“Climate change: The world needs an extended break from humanity's destructive hubris.”
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“this care perspective has historically been unrecognized or devalued by male philosophers and psychologists because it was linked to women’s care-based responsibilities.”
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“Whatever the case, it works for him. He loses a wife, and wins another quickly. He loses a fish collection, and rebuilds a bigger one. He is promoted to higher and higher offices. The awards and medals start clattering in, for teaching, for ichthyology, for contributions to higher ed. An odd alchemy of delusion right before your eyes. Little lies transmuting into bronze, silver, gold. Forget millennia of warnings to stay humble; maybe this is just how it works in a godless system. Maybe David Starr Jordan is proof that a steady dose of hubris is the best way of overcoming doomed odds.”
― Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
― Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
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