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You did not do as I asked. You have never treated Harry as a son. He has known nothing but neglect and often cruelty at your hands. The best that can be said is that he has at least escaped the appalling damage you have inflicted upon the unfortunate boy sitting between you.

— Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

Google made a mistake. So do judges. When judges make mistakes, you have the theoretical possibility of appealing. When Google makes a mistake, you don’t even get that theoretical chance. If we are to punish people who traffic in child sex abuse materials (and I think we should), those punishments should be meted out by a publicly accountable justice system after a fair trial that adheres to the bedrock principles of due process. It shouldn’t be meted out by unaccountable corporate giants who get to punish you in ways that far exceed any court’s reach.

— The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow

Virginia Woolf warned us that a woman’s writing will not be adequately judged so long as the standards of judgment are established and defended by men.

— The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (Earthsea Cycle) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Potser et podria haver dit que, de gran, voldria ser mestra d’escola, no tant per ensenyar geografia sinó per aprendre de la història. Quin interès té explicar els rius d’Europa que esquitxen els mapes si pots incidir en l’odi reconcentrat que ha saltat fronteres, ha aniquilat persones i ha destruït poblacions senceres sense misericòrdia?

— 32 de març by Xavier Bosch