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"Over a third of all women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence...at some point in their lives."

this is an epidemic, man

someone tell anthony horowitz that the average middle schooler doesnt give a rats ass about cars or horsepower

"The speaker was a middle-aged woman. She had a strange, potato-shaped head and her black hair looked as if it had been cut using a pair of blunt scissors and an upturned bowl."

why are we making up women to disparage. a man was mentioned before this and he wasn't described at all, so why is this woman being mocked? and yes it is that deep

"He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins."

inchresting

this book is ripping my heart in fucking half man

“You’re not weak for being scared, Dennis. But you are weak if you let that fear make your decisions for you.”

"Thus, the neglected idea did what many self-respecting living entities would do in the same circumstance: it hit the road.
Fair enough, right?
Because this is the other side of the contract with creativity: If inspiration is allowed to unexpectedly enter you, it is also allowed to unexpectedly exit you."

my literal worst fuckin fear dude

"So this, I believe, is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?"

"A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." Deut 22:5

I think if God saw a drag show he would change his mind about this one

"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them...all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst,"

kids these days are so spoiled. back in my day, we *checks notes* killed our misbehaving children

"If among you, one of your brothers should become poor...you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his needs whatever it may be." Deut 15:7-8

reading this when 42 million Americans have just lost their snap benefits hits hard

"But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death. You shall stone him to death with stones, because he sought to draw you away from the Lord your God." deut 13:9-10

I never understood what people meant when they said the bible was contradictory, but i get it now. deut 5:17 literally says do not murder. what gives?

"Each touch felt like a new line in a language he hadn't fully learned yet. Not because Dennis asked too much--he never did--but because something deep in Robby still hadn't figured out how to stop flinching at his own desire..."

💔💔💔 me after enduring years of religious trauma

"He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt." Deut 10:18-19

"Prayer can work like a mantra," she said. "Especially in crisis. It's breath. It's rhythm. It's focus."

He gave her a sideways glance. "I'm not exactly devout."

"You don't have to be," she said simply. "Faith is still faith. It doesn't have to come from a book. Sometimes it's just reaching for something bigger than yourself."

"I might be on the street, but people like him? They're the ones I pity. Came into this world with no sense of how to serve. No idea what it means to care for someone besides yourself...And what's a life without service? Just taking and guarding and building walls around things that don't even last."

"Look at the people on the Trans Platform--you know, the association that encompasses all those people who want to be what they're not: women who want to be men; men who want to be women; humans who want to be reps; reps who want to be humans; blacks who want to be white; whites who want to be black...I think we reps and humans are sick beings; we always feel our reality isn't enough."

what the fuuuuuuuuuuuck. what.

i had nooooo business reading this at 10 years old my god