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“Wilson has to leave early. He got the call earlier this morning: there is a bed for his wife in a nearby hospice. If she is going to take it, she must move today. The doctors still don't understand what is wrong with her, only that her self and her strength are ebbing away, and there seems no stopping it. Wilson's afternoon will be spent getting his wife, with whom he's traveled the world, ready for her final journey.”

Book:The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

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Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery is an American author renowned for her in-depth research and descriptions of marine life. Her works often involve detailed studies of specific species and explore the relationship between humans and nature. Her books include 'The Song of the Sardine' and 'The Call of the Cetus', among others. more

“Fears of interracial sex and marriage have deep roots in the United States. The confluence of race and sex was a powerful force in dismantling Reconstruction after the Civil War, sustaining Jim Crow laws for a century and fueling divisive racial politics throughout the twentieth century. In the aftermath of slavery, the creation of a system of racial hierarchy and segregation was largely designed to prevent intimate relationships like Walter and Karen’s—relationships that were, in fact, legally prohibited by “anti-miscegenation statutes” (the word miscegenation came into use in the 1860s, when supporters of slavery coined the term to promote the fear of interracial sex and marriage and the race mixing that would result if slavery were abolished). For over a century, law enforcement officials in many Southern communities absolutely saw it as part of their duty to investigate and punish black men who had been intimate with white women.”

Sex Race Marriage Racism African Americans Blacks Race Relations Whites Interracial Marriage

Book:Just Mercy

Source: Just Mercy

“He is not curious about my work, I am not curious about his. In general, we stopped asking each other how we were, what we thought, and what we wanted a long time ago. We stopped being curious about each other, period. You cannot spend your life with someone without curiosity. It is as devastating as infidelity, yet somehow working in a slower, gentler, more insidious way. It is being unfaithful to your own life”

Love Relationships Marriage Divorce

Book:But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, in Pieces and Bits – A Tender and Funny Gen X Memoir on Divorce and Love

Source: But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, in Pieces and Bits – A Tender and Funny Gen X Memoir on Divorce and Love

“Finding a life partner is like choosing a bed. You need one as a friend either in times of health or sickness. Freshness or weariness. Happiness or sadness. And we can be certain that we've picked the right one without having to sleep with it first.”

Humor Marriage

Author:Isman H. Suryaman

“Your heart warms me from the inside-out.”