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Becoming aware of grief gives us more choices about how to respond to grief and opens up possibilities to approach grief not only with compassion for self and others, but also with joy. Joy is not the opposite of grief. Grief is the opposite of indifference.
Malkia Devich-Cyti
For a split second Mieczystaw notices an incredible phenomenon —the light of magnesium bounces off the spruce trees and firs and returns to them, briefly coating their bodies in ash; it is as if in this split second he has glimpsed beneath the jackets and sweaters not just their bare white skin, but also their bones, the shape of their skeletons;... See more
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
Ekalu swallowed. "I'll have to remember, sir, if I'm ever feeling down, that you know how to cheer me right up." I smiled. "The point is, there is no
point. Choose your own."
"We don't usually get to choose our own, do we?" she asked. "You do, I suppose, but you're a special case. And everyone on this ship, we're just going along with yours." She... See more
point. Choose your own."
"We don't usually get to choose our own, do we?" she asked. "You do, I suppose, but you're a special case. And everyone on this ship, we're just going along with yours." She... See more
Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
Travel Light
By Naomi Mitchison
Phee glared at them. "If anyone tries to take bacon from me, I'm going to turn them into a tree. And not a good tree. A bad one, like a Bradford pear tree.' They stared at her.
She threw up her hands. "Have I taught you nothing? The Bradford pear tree has thorns and the flowers smell like tuna.
No one has ever said, oh gee, let me get a good, long... See more
She threw up her hands. "Have I taught you nothing? The Bradford pear tree has thorns and the flowers smell like tuna.
No one has ever said, oh gee, let me get a good, long... See more
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
“In moments of unrest, it’s important to remember that, as Martin Luther King Jr. stated, there is no greater purveyor of violence than the US government. From war to policing to incarceration to border violence to the slashing of the social safety net, the US government kills untold millions. The violence of rebellion is infinitesimal by
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The Mountain In the Sea by Ray Naylor
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves” - bell hooks