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Her temperament was distinctly familial to me. She could be me, if I could unzip my skin and release all my fury. If Erin brought out the intellect in me (and my petty envy), Helen brought out what was raw in me.
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Brave New World founded my nascent moral philosophy and became the subject of my college admissions essay,
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
“She had a great gift of finding out people’s interests and drawing them out.”
Natalie Dykstra • Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
I was particularly compelled by Kusserow’s argument that so many of the characteristics we often consider “personality traits” — things like shyness, creativity, confidence, organization, and shyness — are actually “class-learned attributes.”
Anne Helen Petersen • Myths of Grit and Passion
“She and the women like her were ornery, assertive, relentlessly capable, weathered and threadbare. She was a monument of dedication to her family, her work, and her community.”
Adam Lehrer • Who’s Afraid of Elena Velez?
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