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'I have a relationship with tools like this: I feel that all the things in tge wirld I touch are touching me back.' pg. 29

'The child who stares and marvels at the workings of a garbage truck sees the garbage truck better than adults do. The kid who breathlessly recounts horse facts, who finds it overwhelming that such an amazing creature actually exists, is correct.' pg. 38

Intersectionality-- the point of maximal disadvantage where multiple 'isms' converge rendering the members of a group invisible, unprotected by laws, systems, and/or their own groups. (pgs. 260-262)

'Nuclear war, we are about to learn, robs man of reason.' (Pg. 64)

'and what if Honest Abe knew what he was talking about when he coined 'the better angels of our natures', what if he meant it literally, that our judgment at the holy gates is based on how we treat angels when chancing upon them, maybe your angel looks like a woman in a red dress, maybe it looks like a puppy, as long as the being is defenseless, it serves as a test of benevolence, maybe that's what's happening,'

'and what if Honest Abe knew what he was talking about when he coined 'the better angels of our natures', what if he meant it literally, that our judgment at the holy gates is based on how we treat angels when chancing upon them, maybe your angel looks like a woman in a red dress, maybe it looks like a puppy, as long as the being is defenseless, it serves as a test of benevolence, maybe that's what's happening,'

'My head-- solicited in it's finitude; my heart, which is boundless in its love for the human family. I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient.'
Rev. Jesse Jackson

'As the Stoics and Buddhists taught long ago, happiness cannot be reached by eliminating all "triggers" from life; rather, happiness comes from learning to deprive external events of the power to trigger negative emotions in you.'
Page 73

'Trees that are exposed to strong winds early in life become trees that can withstand even stronger winds when full grown. Conversely, trees that are raised in a protected greenhouse sometimes fall over from their own weight before they reach maturity. Stress wood is a perfect metaphor for children, who also need to experience frequent stressors in order to become strong adults.'

The term is 'antifragile".