Kiara Alegría Hudes
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Do not forgive me.
Consider my story.
Up until age ten, you saw matriarchs following the doctrine of duty.
But now, through my betrayal, you've seen an alternate way.
Whichever path you choose, at least you know it's not the only option.
Freedom is a brutal assignment with many punishments.
Conformity's punishments can be even harsher, though they're often less visible.
Blow out your candles.
Be careful what you don't wish for.
The curiosities you're too successful to speak.
The hungers that threaten disruption.
In one of the books about women who leave their children, remember The Librarian's List?
A narrator says something like, sometimes you have to escape in order not to die.
I don't think the tricky part is the escape.
Abandonment is easy.
Any fool can do it.
No wonder dads leave all the time.
Siddhartha was neither noble and questing nor depraved.
He was a dude acting on a whim.