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"It has been granted to you to understand the heavenly light of...prayer is attained [not by] the mere outward desire for knowledge, but...found in poverty of spirit and in active experience in simplicity of heart...Their reasonings are based upon speculation and...natural wisdom...not upon active experience, they sermonise about the qualities of prayer, rather than about the nature of the thing itself."

this tea

Pilgrim's prayer interpretation fascinating as a juxtaposition to catholicism. also assessing the characters' disarray as a consequence of orientalism. when you separate a practice/action/aesthetic from its material roots, it becomes appropriated. interesting how the pilgrim searched tangibly and then learned with a teacher. an immersed, materially physical faith. not a salvation from self importance

crying at her having a chicken sandwich and snails with a glass of milk

i was thinking casey is so male centered it frustrates me and couldn’t really tell whether that was intentional (i mean her given name isn’t even mentioned all of the first act, she only goes bu what the boys call her), but now she’s meeting with her female advisor who is pointing out that she hasn’t really interacted with work by female authors HAHA

oh irony

captivating introduction like Robin Wall Kimmerer does best

p. 121

“…In the world today, the vast majority of people are poor... unable to live their lives in a way that is really human—this is the problem of our time, greater than any other.”

class book #2 yay

last night I re-read the essay “Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism”. stirred something in me as I feel myself becoming more cynical and angry in recent months. it’s powerful to revisit text at different points in your life and let it act as a mirror

oh the sophie’s world of it all…

first true business book im reading and it is definitely a business book

“Anthologies like this are so very necessary because, all too often, people misappropriate the words and ideas of black women. They do so selectively, using the parts that serve their aims, and abandoning those parts that don't.”
- Introduction by Roxane Gay

My assignments this semester are entirely reading. Maybe I love grad school!

thank you ren!

the organization of this book is very effective & the recency of the examples used is ever important. internationally, gentrification gets written off too easily in modern liberalism because of a lack of attention to its actual consequences and causes. Lee’s analyses are well informed and are easily applicable to what any reader can see in their own cities—for me, Austin and Dallas

i was so entertained by the first 40 pages, since then i've just been thinking this would probably be a more entertaining screenplay or something. the humor is starting to fall flat for me which is disappointing bc i started off snickering out loud!!! maybe i'll just need to read at a later time too

im crying i bought this fitzcarraldo edition hardly 24 hours ago and the pristine white cover is already bent, water damaged, food stains… HOW

am i the inspiration for wyn connor… emily henry ill accept your royalties!