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Jade Simonson
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“They’d been chosen for privileges they couldn’t have have ever imagined, funded by powerful and wealthy men whose motives they did not fully understand, and they were acutely aware these could be lost at any moment.
That precariousness made them simultaneously bold and terrified.
They had the keys to the kingdom; they did not want to give them back.”
— Jan 22, 2023 04:25PM
That precariousness made them simultaneously bold and terrified.
They had the keys to the kingdom; they did not want to give them back.”
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Jade Simonson
is on page 270 of 544
“He did not know that impressing a white man could be as dangerous as provoking one.”
— Feb 08, 2023 05:34PM
Jade Simonson
is on page 167 of 544
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular.
And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
— Jan 25, 2023 04:31PM
And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
Jade Simonson
is on page 154 of 544
“You know how the french refer to an unfortunate situation? Triste comme un repas sans fromage.
Sad as a meal without cheese.
Which is, really, the state of all English cheese.”
— Jan 25, 2023 04:09PM
Sad as a meal without cheese.
Which is, really, the state of all English cheese.”
Jade Simonson
is on page 137 of 544
“We’re trapped in a symbiotic relationship with the levers of power. We need their silver. We need their tools. And, loath as we are to admit it, we benefit from their research.”
— Jan 25, 2023 02:10PM
