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Giovanni’s Room

by James Baldwin

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Ally’s Notes & Highlights

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Seeds of Rebellion (Beyonders, #2) by Brandon Mull

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Some must lose the way to find it. Some must be empty before they are full, weak before they are strong, and blind before they can see.”

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Ally’s Quotes

“It’s brave if you make it, foolish if you fail.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

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“I suppose I love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.”
― Andrea Gibson

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“Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. —Aristophanes, Greek comic poet (c. 450–385 BCE)”
― Tom Standage, A History of the World in 6 Glasses

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“Any business transaction—actually any life transaction—is negotiated by how you are making the other person feel.”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

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“They're blind to a simple truth: complex minds can't develop on their own. If they could, feral children would be like any other. And minds don't grow the way weeds do, flourishing under indifferent attention; otherwise all children in orphanages would thrive. For a mind to even approach its full potential, it needs cultivation by other minds.”
― Ted Chiang, The Lifecycle of Software Objects

tags: education, growth, parenting, teaching

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