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"Don’t get me wrong, it’s brilliant and important, but it’s probably not for me. I keep thinking in my head “well it’s more complicated than that” or “ that’s not really what happened.” Also, like the nerd I am, I keep wishing there were footnotes so I could read these ideas from the original source.
But this book is simple, it’s written for kids. Maybe I should check out I. X. Kendi’s original" — Nov 20, 2025 06:36PM
"Don’t get me wrong, it’s brilliant and important, but it’s probably not for me. I keep thinking in my head “well it’s more complicated than that” or “ that’s not really what happened.” Also, like the nerd I am, I keep wishing there were footnotes so I could read these ideas from the original source.
But this book is simple, it’s written for kids. Maybe I should check out I. X. Kendi’s original" — Nov 20, 2025 06:36PM
“Chet Baker is moody,” Vera said. “That song you played, it was like a dream.”
“Wisdom comes through suffering.
Trouble, with its memories of pain,
Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,
So men against their will
Learn to practice moderation.
Favours come to us from gods.”
― Agamemnon
Trouble, with its memories of pain,
Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,
So men against their will
Learn to practice moderation.
Favours come to us from gods.”
― Agamemnon
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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