And if we let happy things make us unhappy when they stopped, there would be no point having happy things.”
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![Roxane Gay](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1407278304i/3360355._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“It is a powerful lie to equate thinness with self-worth.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
![Fredrik Backman](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1493098924i/6485178._UX200_CR0,47,200,200_.jpg)
“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone,”
― Beartown
― Beartown
![Leanne Betasamosake Simpson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1416765343i/2857904._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“We are self-caring our way to fascism,”
― Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
― Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
![Dean Atta](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1528090738i/6483308._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“They interrupt our joy. Our history. Our progress. They know they can’t stop us unless they kill us but they can’t kill us all, so you’re living your life and suddenly interrupted by white fear or suspicion. They fear sharing anything. Our success is a threat.”
― The Black Flamingo
― The Black Flamingo
![Hallie Rubenhold](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1459355993i/474408._UX200_CR0,45,200,200_.jpg)
“It is for them that I write this book. I do so in the hope that we may now hear their stories clearly and give back to them that which was so brutally taken away with their lives: their dignity.”
― The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
― The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
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