American - Historian | 1986 -
We think love is noble, and in some ways, it is. But in some ways, it isn't. Love is just love. And sometimes people do terrible things because of it.
Tara Westover
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I have books I like very much, but I don't think there are any books that everyone should read. I prefer a world in which some people read this, and others read that.
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I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind.
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I felt like we had stories about family loyalty; I didn't feel like we had stories about what to do when you felt that loyalty to your family was in conflict with loyalty to yourself.
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I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies. When the World of Men failed, my family would continue on, unaffected.
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I'm no longer religious, but the Bible fascinates me. Hardly anyone reads it anymore, but it's got everything: it's a book of poetry, it's a book of principle, it's a book of stories, and of myths and of epic tales, a book of histories and a book of fictions, of riddles, fables, parables and allegories.
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I had been educated in the rhythms of the mountain, rhythms in which change was never fundamental, only cyclical. The same sun appeared each morning, swept over the valley, and dropped behind the peak. The snows that fell in winter always melted in the spring.
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I didn't even have a birth certificate until I was 9 years old, which meant that, according to the state of Idaho and the federal government, I just didn't exist.
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My loyalty to my father had increased in proportion to the miles between us.
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Publishing a book is a very different thing than writing one.
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Learning in our family was entirely self-directed.
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When you write, you are alone. It can be a bit of a shock later to discover that people have read what you've written!
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