Tag: Non-fiction
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Priestdaddy
“Who would I be if I hadn’t been frightened? What hurt me, and what would I be if it hadn’t?”
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Is This OK?
“I’ve always been told that most people are too inward-looking to judge anyone else’s actions. […] The tragic truth is that I am always thinking about someone else.”
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Scrappy Little Nobody
“I gave up on being nice. I started putting more value on other qualities instead: passion, bravery, intelligence, practicality, humour, patience, fairness, sensitivity.”
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Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
“The hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; you’re underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. But there’s no better job in the world.
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Happy People Are Annoying
“You’ll probably get what you wanted, but by then you won’t want it anymore.”
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The Road to Wigan Pier
“It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are.”
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Christmas Book Gifting: 16 Books Published in 2023
Here are 16 books that were published this year which I’ve read and enjoyed.
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The Woman in Me
“There have been so many times when I was scared to speak up because I was afraid somebody would think I was crazy.”
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Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods
“I’ve spent my entire life treading around white people’s feelings. My job is to write the truth.”
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