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"We each have a past, my dear. (...) But at twenty-four, I suspect that yours is still a little more wholesome." He was so tolerant of her, so accepting."

Patronizing, you mean?

Not sure I like the matter-if-fact writing style yet.

I hate it. How easily men have shirked their responsibilities and justice over the ages. I hate it.

"And then I cry. Mostly for Rebecca and the tiny, unwanted beating heart deep within her womb. But also for myself. And our daughters. And for every other woman who lives, suffers, and dies by the mercurial whims of men."

“It doesn’t take a linguist to decipher the definition of that word, but Page knows that it makes him sound knowledgeable and qualified before the court.”

Ugh, this is infuriating

Only reading when taking baths 😅🛁 but it’s beautifully written and engaging and I find myself longing to read this book instead of the other ones I’m currently reading.

(2) "And no more allowing anyone to pigeonhole you into useless categories of sex, race, economic status, and religion. Do not allow your talents to lie dormant, ladies. Design your own future. When you go home today, ask yourself what you will change. And then get started."

"CHEMISTRY IS CHANGE <...> Whenever you start doubting yourself, <...> whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change-and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself back. No more subscribing to others' opinions of what you can and cannot achieve." (1)

"Do you know how extraordinary that is? <...> That a man would treat his lover's work as seriously as his own?"

"My boat's been looking for the right two seat and something tells me you're it. You'll have to arrange for a sitter, though. No babies in the boat. We have plenty of those as it is."

"It's just that we tend to treat pregnancy as the most common condition in the world-as ordinary as stubbing a toe-when the truth is, it's like getting hit by a truck. Although obviously a truck causes less damage."

"Idiots make it into every company. They tend to interview well."

"It would be nice to get a break from myself at least for a little while," <...> One longs to escape the fatiguing, ever-spinning, ever-churning mind."

<...>the reason for my life long sense of <...> never approaching my potential in terms of self-expression and self-definition-the ADD adult's awareness that he has talents or insights or some undefinable positive quality he could perhaps connect with if the wires weren't crossed."I can do this with half my brain tied behind my back,"I used to joke.No joke, that.It's precisely how I have done many things.

“a luscious juxtaposition to the fixed immutability of our own existence.” 😆

"something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences."

Starting reading at 1 pm today (for if I do 24 h readathon today)