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21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

by Bob Joseph

bookshelves: canadian, history, indigenous, non-fiction, politics, race, currently-reading

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“...for the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

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“There is no fool like an educated fool...”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

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“Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

tags: behavior, evil, personality

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“Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!”
― Solomon Northup, 12 Years a Slave

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“Is this some kind of joke?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out."

"Maybe you think it's funny to put up signs about people who want to commit suicide."

"Are you about to?"

"And what if I was?"

"I wouldn't tell you the gorgeous reasons I have discovered for going on living."

"What would you do?"

"I'd ask you to name the rock-bottom price you'd charge to go on living for just one more week.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

tags: suicide

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