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3 quotes from Educated

• "You can take responsibility for your life, or you can blame others, but only one of those choices gives you power."
• "The thing about education is that it’s not just about knowledge—it’s about power."
• "I’m not a monster. I’m a teacher. I’m a student. I want to learn. I want to understand.”

Author: Tara Westover

Tara Westover is an American author currently residing in the UK. Raised in rural Idaho in a family that rejected formal education, she spent her childhood working in her father's junkyard and assisting her mother, a self-taught herbalist and midwife. It wasn't until she was seventeen that she stepped into a classroom for the first time, igniting a fervent pursuit of knowledge that would span a decade. Westover earned her BA from Brigham Young University in 2008 and went on to receive a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She completed her MPhil at Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009 and served as a visiting fellow at Harvard University in 2010. In 2014, she returned to Cambridge to obtain her PhD in history.