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Allyson is Currently Reading

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The Homemade God

by Rachel Joyce

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Atmosphere

by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)

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Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools

by Roger C. Schank

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Allyson’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr

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Patriarchy walks with structural racism and systemic oppression, and it has done so consistently throughout history.

The Moon is Down

by John Steinbeck

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The Nix

by Nathan Hill

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Allyson’s Quotes

“If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

tags: life

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“He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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“I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.”
― Eugene O'Neill

tags: optimism

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“Listen. To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. In perfect stillness, frankly, I've only found sorrow.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

tags: barbara-kingsolver, the-poisonwood-bible

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