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“Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Here we see that models, despite their reputation for impartiality, reflect goals and ideology. When I removed the possibility of eating Pop-Tarts at every meal, I was imposing my ideology on the meals model. It’s something we do without a second thought. Our own values and desires influence our choices, from the data we choose to collect to the questions we ask. Models are opinions embedded in mathematics.”
― Cathy O'Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening, and Selected Stories

“You do not fix grief; there is no pill. You only wait, and be there, and let time pass.”
― Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age

“Why I joined Temple!" Lah would say. "Tea, nice music, decent architecture!"
"And the devotion of your life to awe, gratitude, compassion, and respect?"
"Yes yes yes - all that stuff too.”
― Claire North, Notes from the Burning Age