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“There is in fact a category of people who get unusually close to the truth about themselves and the world. Their self-perceptions are more balanced, they assign responsibility for success and failure more evenhandedly, and their predictions for the future are more realistic. These people are living testimony to the dangers of self-knowledge. They are the clinically depressed.”
― Cordelia Fine, A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives

“Among the many aspects of Wicca that distinguish it from other, more widely recognized religions is its emphasis on the feminine, as symbolized by nature, the Earth, the Moon, and feminine deities (or goddesses). The masculine is also represented through deity and is particularly associated with the Sun, but there is none of the patriarchy often found in other Western faiths.”
― Lisa Chamberlain, Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft

“Us leaving the country wasn’t much of a big deal to anyone other than a few close friends and family.”
― Helen Russell, The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. But, once recognized, those which do not enhance our future lose their power and can be altered.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches