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Their own experience of their own nature might have contributed something to this idea of a self within but somehow independent of the body.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
The worthy investment, the millions spent building a trophic Eden, it is simply another grand scheme that he can choose to dismantle again, if he so wishes. There is a bigger, more exciting game – testing beyond the cage, wolves in the real world. You godly fuck, she thinks, you absolute maniac, this is what you wanted all along.
Sarah Hall • The Wolf Border
The modern institution of intensive motherhood silences women, contributes to maternal mental illness, and leaves women too worn out to fight. To fight for what? Potentially transformative policy changes, such as proper maternity leave, flexible working hours, better and more affordable childcare. And even if you don’t have any compassion for new
... See moreLucy Jones • Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
Since her mother died, she had felt almost disembodied.
J. Courtney Sullivan • The Cliffs: Reese's Book Club: A novel
She could plant a forest inside herself.
Matt Haig • The Midnight Library: A Novel

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Katie Kitamura • Intimacies: A Novel
Lucy Denyer • Our middle-class commune (joint bank accounts, noisy sex and all)
And, in a curious mental shift, once all three elements were in place, weight loss became an afterthought, not the main goal.