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The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears by Jules Feiffer

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

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julia’s Quotes

“Do you wonder, ever,” said Ester quietly, “whether our own will alters anything? Or whether we’re determined to be as we are by the very working of the world?”
― Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink

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“It was all about words. If words weren't important, they wouldn't try so hard to take them away.”
― Linda Sue Park, When My Name Was Keoko

tags: freedom, freedom-of-speech, ideas, thoughts, words

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“Judaism regards evil as a contingent to a prior and more basic good”
― Milton Steinberg, Basic Judaism

tags: good-and-evil, judaism, religion

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“Have you ever watched this kind of sunset? The colours don’t blend: the redder the sky the bluer the water, as we tilt away from the sun.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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“The greatest act of love—indeed, the only religion she could comprehend—was to speak the truth about the world.”
― Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink

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