Intellectual Independence

I am only a woman if woman is something one becomes, not something one is born.

Tara Westover – Educated

You could call this self-hood many things. Transformation. Metamorphosis. Falsity. Betrayal. I call it an education.

Tara Westover – Educated

I had begun to understand that we had lent our voices to a discourse whose sole purpose was to dehumanize and brutalize others—because nurturing that discourse was easier, because retaining power always feels like the way forward.

Tara Westover – Educated

What is a person but a collection of choices? Where do those choices come from? Do I choose them, or do they choose me?

Tara Westover – Educated

It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you.

Tara Westover – Educated