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“We learn who we are in practice, not in theory.”
― Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
― Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
“If we are to fight discrimination and injustice against women we must start from the home for if a woman cannot be safe in her own house then she cannot be expected to feel safe anywhere.”
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“We are all echoes of each other. We are all humans and feel both despair and happiness. Our similarities, as a species, are staggering. And our mental fragility is directly tied up with our humanity. We have nothing to be ashamed of in being human, any more than a tree should be ashamed of having branches. Let’s accept our own nature. Let’s be kind to ourselves and to each other. Let’s never add to the pain by blaming ourselves. We are all so weird that, really, none of us are. There are seven billion versions of strange on this freak wonder of a planet. We are all part of that. All freaks. All wonderful.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Denying or repressing strong emotions doesn't eliminate them. Instead, they get displaced or stored up.”
― Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why
― Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why
“If you are the type of person who thinks too much about stuff then there is nothing lonelier in the world than being surrounded by a load of people on a different wavelength.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
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