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Kat + Adena In 5x3

"𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘? 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆-𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒖𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕.”

These three are amazing

  I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Jacqueline Carlyle’s well-spoken explanation for why “Scarlet” resonates with women, and part of a lovely speech as well.