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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“My hands tend to be full enough dealing with people who hate me for who I am. Concentrate too hard on the millions of people who hate you for what you are and you're likely to turn into one of those unkempt, sloppy dressers who sag beneath the weight of the two hundred political buttons they wear pinned to their coats and knapsacks.”
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“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.”
― Women and Economics
― Women and Economics
On Reading Graphic Novels
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Let's talk about the wide array of graphic novels and which ones you enjoy reading. Maybe you like reading memoirs in the graphic format like Brooklyn ...more
Let's talk about the wide array of graphic novels and which ones you enjoy reading. Maybe you like reading memoirs in the graphic format like Brooklyn ...more
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Friends of Independent Bookstores
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A group for people who have decided that they will patronize independent booksellers and other independent merchants to prevent the further homogoniza ...more
A group for people who have decided that they will patronize independent booksellers and other independent merchants to prevent the further homogoniza ...more
Local Independent Bookstores and Cafes
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A group of like-minded readers out to save some of America's best places, (i.e. local independent bricks-and-mortar bookstores and cafes) by purchasin ...more
A group of like-minded readers out to save some of America's best places, (i.e. local independent bricks-and-mortar bookstores and cafes) by purchasin ...more
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