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“We lived for honey. We swallowed a spoonful in the morning to wake us up and one at night to put us to sleep. We took it with every meal to calm the mind, give us stamina, and prevent fatal disease. We swabbed ourselves in it to disinfect cuts or heal chapped lips. It went in our baths, our skin cream, our raspberry tea and biscuits. Nothing was safe from honey...honey was the ambrosia of the gods and the shampoo of the goddesses.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“We talk about the disappointments of early adolescence - the betrayals by friends, the discovery that one is not beautiful by cultural standards, the feeling that one's smartness is a liability, the pressure to be popular instead of honest and feminine instead of whole.
I encourage girls to search within themselves for their deepest values and beliefs. Once they have discovered their own true selves, I encourage them to trust that self is the source of meaning and direction in their lives.”
― Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
I encourage girls to search within themselves for their deepest values and beliefs. Once they have discovered their own true selves, I encourage them to trust that self is the source of meaning and direction in their lives.”
― Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
“The battle for popularity is won, but the war for respect as a whole person is lost.”
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“In all the years I've been a therapist, I've yet to meet one girl who likes her body.”
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“I teach girls certain skills. The first and most basic is centering. I recommend that they find a quiet place where they can sit alone daily for 10 to 15 minutes. I encourage them to sit in this place, relax their muscles and breathe deeply. Then they are to focus on their own thoughts and feelings about the day. They are not to judge these thoughts or feelings or even direct them, only to observe them and respect them. They have much to learn from their own internal reactions to their lives.”
― Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
― Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Mackenzie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mackenzie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
7,431 books
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159 friends
1,550 books
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128 friends
1,431 books
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122 friends
2,459 books
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103 friends
4,262 books
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344 friends
1,069 books
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42 friends
2,936 books
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276 friends
507 books
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40 friends
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