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Ties
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Ties is a novel full of containers, both literal and symbolic. In spite of them, things go missing.
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“Being privileged doesn't mean that you are always wrong and people without privilege are always right. It means that there is a good chance you are missing a few very important pieces of the puzzle.”
― So You Want to Talk About Race
― So You Want to Talk About Race
“Hating, after all, was a drier form of drowning.”
― The Woman Next Door
― The Woman Next Door
“Love springs from the ability to prefer imperfection over perfection.”
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“Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.”
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“Disadvantaged white people are not erased by discussions of disadvantages facing people of color, just as brain cancer is not erased by talking about breast cancer. They are two different issues with two different treatments, and they require two different conversations.”
― So You Want to Talk About Race
― So You Want to Talk About Race
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