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“I’m not telling you a story so much as a shipwreck—the pieces floating, finally legible.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Technology was as habit-forming as every escapist, feel-good drug”
― Machinehood
― Machinehood

“These children are faced with nothing but preconceived notions about who they are. And they grow up to be adults who know only the same. You said it yourself: Lucy wasn’t who you expected him to be, which means you already had decided in your head what he was. How can we fight prejudice if we do nothing to change it? If we allow it to fester, what’s the point?”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea

“What would be the long-term consequences for a dakini revolution? Every technological advancement had consequences.”
― Machinehood
― Machinehood

“Because giving increases your sense of self-worth and receiving diminishes it—ladling soup at the Salvation Army evokes a very different feeling from having it ladled into your bowl—there is good reason to expect people will overestimate the amount of support they give and underestimate the amount they receive”
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

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