"Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“Protest is when I say...'I don't agree with something'.... Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place”
“Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.”
“I think one of the things we have in this modern, individualistic age is a recognition that happiness can look very different for very different people. Happiness is not necessarily about how much money you make, happiness isn't necessarily about these aspects of your life.”

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“Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem books because she met a new boy”
“Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin.”
“There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.”
“There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.”
“If in doubt, do not pain. Inflict as little pain as possible. Look for alternatives to punishments, not only alternative punishments”

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