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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

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When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

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How to Stop Breaking Your Own Heart: Stop People-Pleasing, Set Boundaries, and Heal from Self-Sabotage

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Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave

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We . . . women . . . are raised to be polite. To change our shapes and be accommodating and not threatening. And as much as I liked to think that I was a good role model for her, I now see that maybe at the time, I wasn’t strong enough to ...more

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“You don't have to be a genius to be a scientist, but you do need to be persistent.”
― Rana El Kaliouby, Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology

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“The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking.”
― James Patterson, Angel

tags: bereavement, grief, loss

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“Wanting someone to stand for the national anthem rather than stand up for justice means loving the symbol more than what it symbolizes.”
― Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

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