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"Any precise meaning of self-governance is necessarily contextual, depending on who is involved and what kinds of say they seek. Likewise, I claim no fixed definition for democracy. I understand it as always a horizon, a longing for power shared equitably among participants, a destination that moves depending on where one stands."

"... tudo já estava de alguma forma em nossa mente, naquele galpão às escuras. A imaginação é o facho de lanterna que o percorre e revela o que está amontoado lá dentro."

@yuribravos Acho que foi no teu feed que eu achei! :P Eu imaginei a parte da "abstração" dado que é uma leitura que se apresenta Marxista, né?

Comprei uma cópia usada que tá pra chegar... Vamos trocar umas ideias quando eu começar a ler! ;)

"Your absence has made the life I have now possible. I'm which case, thank you. I didn't ask for more pain, but I received it -- you sent it -- and it changed me. Thank you."

"The thing about birds: If we knew nothing about jays or wrens or sparrows, we'd believe the trees were singing, as if each tree has is own song. The thing about this life: If we knew nothing of what was missing, what has been removed, it would look full and beautiful."

"A scar is a story about pain, injury, healing. Years, too, are scars we wear. I remember their stories."

"(Is that what a memoir is - a ghost tour? I'm confronting what haunts me. I'm out with lanterns, looking.)"

"if you're going to try, go all the way. there is no other feeling like that. you will be alone with the gods and the nights will flame with fire."

"To achieve true greatness, genuine freedom, you must be like the sculptor who sets aside her ego before chiseling a statue..."

"When we reconfigure society to put exchange at the center, we violate our nature. Humans thrived by hunting together, cooking communally, making music and telling stories around a blazing fire at night."