Educated
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I believe finally, that education must be conceived as a continuing reconstruction of experience; that the process and the goal of education are one and the same thing.
“Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over. After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow. People are like that, too. They start over. They find a way.”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“She was smart enough to want more but tired enough to accept the way things were.”
― Difficult Women
― Difficult Women
“For difficult women, who should be celebrated for their very nature”
― Difficult Women
― Difficult Women
“People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
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