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fascinating

I wonder what I'd be like today had I read books as a child

children are so inspiring and so naive

this book is making me quite sad, I hope it has a happy ending

On the generational trauma of remembering and inflicting that pain on others.

'Yetu should've felt guilty, perhaps, for her harsh and bitter words, but instead she soaked in the silence, drunk it like the freshest whale milk.

She didn't mean to be so cruel, but what else was she to do with the violence inside of her? Better to tear into Amaba than than herself, when there was already so little left of her.'

People are busy avoiding me up close and pointing at me from afar. My gait has quickly become the object of ridicule and horror. For them, life is so boring that if someone doesn't walk with ease, taking steady steps on two healthy legs of the same length, they violently overreact. They can't wait to ogle a monster. Without monsters, how would they withstand the unrelenting futility of their days?

'Her voice cracked, equal parts hope and sorrow. "Come home. I don't want to raise a child who's never met you."

He imagined her child listening to their mother's stories, trying to conjure up an uncle they knew only through words. His resolve softened, began to melt. It was tempting, so tempting, to say yes, to be forgiven, to return, to shape a glorious, shining future—

He turned away, terrified.'

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too long to fit the passage here but this page was so poetic and resonated with a fundamental part of me that I don't share often and it made me cry so much

this is already my favourite book ever. so sorry to Adrian but children of time has been dethroned in just 63 pages. it has only just truly started but it already has my full heart. if the ending isn't good I think my life will be over

The West's industrialisation came not only from the appropriation of land, resources and bodies from the Global South, but also from the appropriation of the atmosphere.

85% of all emissions are a result of Europe, USA and Canada, yet it is countries in the Global South, which are least responsible, that face the brunt of climate catastrophe.

The argument for climate financing for GS countries is indisputable.