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"“Before you ask other people to respect the borders of the West, ask yourself if the West has ever respected anyone else’s border. …I am not calling for open borders. I am calling for open hearts.”" — Feb 06, 2026 08:32PM
"“Before you ask other people to respect the borders of the West, ask yourself if the West has ever respected anyone else’s border. …I am not calling for open borders. I am calling for open hearts.”" — Feb 06, 2026 08:32PM
“Framing illness as even involving morality seems to me a mistake, because of course cancer does not give a shit whether you are a good person. Biology has no moral compass. It does not punish the evil and reward the good. It doesn’t even know about evil and good.
Stigma is a way of saying, “You deserved to have this happen,” but implied within the stigma is also, “And I don’t deserve it, so I don’t need to worry about it happening to me.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Stigma is a way of saying, “You deserved to have this happen,” but implied within the stigma is also, “And I don’t deserve it, so I don’t need to worry about it happening to me.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Belva’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Belva’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,568 books
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120 friends
166 books
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237 books
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29 books
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Favorite Genres
Christian, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, and Travel
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