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“Confounding though it seems, to acknowledge our dilemma, that we are no different from any animal coexisting on this planet, ironic really when through the ages, we have struggled with such pretense of something greater.”

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Book:Lotus-eating Japan: Who is this man I hardly know?

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“The games we have become familiar, and striven to compete. Yet the subtlety of gaining position is harder to achieve. We can never fully embrace that moment of success...from the outset it is a male-dominated leaning we sadly fail to address. No matter how we try, we cannot assimilate. On principle we are not one of them.”

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“Immobilized in marriage, since long ago, she was taken as rightful property under wedlock. As a side note, I am urged to comment, the curious nature of these terms property and wed-lock; as if doomed to be firmly kept under latch and key, a padlocked yard? Pastures lain fallow occasionally?”

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“And with this frailty of mind, society in general acts like the petulant child in the sandbox, relational aggression occasionally frothing above the surface.”

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“. . . time and time again her allies would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”

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Book:Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics

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“What if I can't ever be who you want me to be? What if I keep letting you down?”

Love Crazy Young Adult Amy Reed

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“I don't know if anyone can ever really explain why they believe in someone. But I do. I believe in you. I hope that's worth something.”

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“...and I know -I just know- you can remind me what it feels like to have someone look at me and love me with wanting me to be something else.”

Crazy Amy Reed

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“The phaenomena afforded by trades, are a part of the history of nature, and therefore may both challenge the naturalist's curiosity and add to his knowledge, Nor will it suffice to justify learned men in the neglect and contempt of this part of natural history, that the men, from whom it must be learned, are illiterate mechanicks... is indeed childish, and too unworthy of a philosopher, to be worthy of an honest answer.”

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“Everyone's always making fun of him and calling him crazy behind his back, but I can kind of understand how someone would end up that way. I mean, if no one ever pays attention to you telling the truth, then it probably makes sense to try lying for a change.”

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