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it’s that sense of powerlessness that destroyed my soul. i cannot be as good as i would like to be.n...

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Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the po...

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Now I recall my emotions at that moment, children seem to me a remarkable race. They want so much to...

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I would like to think of my 'ignorance' less as a personal failing and more as a massive cultural tr...

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She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time ...

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This kindness, this stupid kindness, is what is most truly human in a human being. It is what sets m...

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Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it ta...

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For if there is one thing I have learned over the years about men, it is that feelings of powerlessn...

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Elizabeth GilbertCommitted: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain men—for certain people—to be able to provide the...

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Elizabeth GilbertCommitted: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

When you have no real power, go public -- really public. The public is where the real power is.

Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces tha...

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I am living in hell from one day to the next. But there is nothing I can do to escape. I don't know ...

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Delphine witnessed awful things occurring to other humans. Worse than that, she was powerless to alt...

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Louise ErdrichThe Master Butchers Singing Club