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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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“personally tend to look to my future self when I’m worried and ask her whether she’ll care about this particular thing. The answer is usually that she absolutely won’t,”
― Linnea Dunne, Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

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“An avowed feminist activist and an outspoken bisexual, DiFranco has been candid about the necessity of women musicians identifying with the F-word. "Either you are a feminist or you are a sexist/misogynist," she once wrote. "There is no box marked 'other'".”
― Marisa Meltzer, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music

tags: ani, feminist

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“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates

tags: books, finding-your-way, libraries, library

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“What my parents kept failing to understand was how happy I was when I was alone with my books. There was no pressure to perform or be cute, and books never disappoint-- unless, of course, you've chosen a bad one. But then, you can always put it down and pick up another one without any repercussions.”
― Lisa Yee, Millicent Min, Girl Genius

tags: truth

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“It is important to always remember that at any time you think of it there are people being kept in buildings when they want to go outside.”
― Peter Rock, My Abandonment

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