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“To make progress on a change, you need a way to direct the rider, show them where to go, how to act, what destination to pursue. That’s why Bright Spots are so essential; they’re your best hope of directing the rider when you’re trying to bring about change.”

First surprise about change: “What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem”

The chapter on San Francisco’s decline hit me hard. I found myself crying for San Francisco, but I was also mourning my own hometown, Rio, which I still believe is the most beautiful place on earth. It’s terrifying how completely the wrong politics can hollow out a city: first the spirit, then the safety, and eventually the everyday dignity that makes life feel livable.

Part 2 = chef’s kiss

The pulled quotes are the standout feature — genuinely delightful. They do more than serve their journalistic function of supporting the narrative; they also capture the zeitgeist with striking clarity. Reading them now, if I hadn’t lived through that period myself, I would have assumed they were excerpts from dystopian fiction rather than real statements from the time. But boy, things were as bad as I remember.

I’m just wrapping up the intro and can’t help but swoon at Nellie’s every word. She’s the writer I wanted to be when I grew up.

Oh, how I've miss you, Sophie. ❤

His book is SO unnerving.

Argh! Lila is so disgusting. What a disgusting character. Aaaaaargh.

Oh, how I missed fantasy <3

NOT what expected.

OMG THESE TWO ARE SOOO DUMB!

Great opening! ;D

There. I totally knew it.

I SO know what's coming...

"She's pretty. Tall but not too tall, thin but not too thin, her skin rich with color" Tris describing the competition.

"She's pretty. Tall but not too tall, thin but not too thin, her skin rich with color" Tris describing the competition.

re-reading it for the 100th time.

This book is so good, SO GOOOOOOOD I can't even...

The way Melina writes is absolutely endearing. I'm halfway through the book and it's like watching this amazing, three dimensional. lively seventeen year old girl grow up before my eyes.

I'm LOVING it :3

"It's really hard just being friends with you."