💬📚 “Rather than seeing ChatGPT as a threat that will destroy things of value, we should be viewing it as an opportunity to reconsider exactly what we value and why we value those things.” John Warner, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI
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Finished reading: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long 📚
A headstrong lady! Shipboard romance! As always, Julie Anne Long does the job.
💬📚 “Do you want to look back on a life of items crossed off lists drawn up in response to the demands of others? Or do you want to hang on to, and repeat, and remember, the thrill of discovering things on your own?” Rob Walker, The Art of Noticing
Finished reading: How to Tell When We Will Die by Johanna Hedva 📚
This book challenged me. I don’t know the last time I had to look up several new-to-me words in a book, but we’re talking decades. This book was full of essays that resonated deeply with my own experiences and others that were like a window into a completely different world. I’m so glad I read it.
📚💬 “I want a life capacious enough to contain what I choose to be true about myself and that which I did not but have nevertheless learned to work with, to use, to wield.” Johanna Hedva, How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom
📚💬 “…kindness is a form of magic we can choose to know how to do. What matters is attending to suffering, no matter why it’s there.” Johanna Hedva, How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom
Finished reading: Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson 📚
A great picture book about the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham in 1963, perfect model of how kids can make a difference.
Finished reading: Since the Surrender by Julie Anne Long 📚
Julie Anne Long is really good at the job. Lots of yearning in this one, in the best way.
📚💬 “In illness, the now feels like punishment.” Johanna Hedva, How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom