321 books
—
355 voters
Greek
“
In that moment, he chose Greek. He threw in his lot with Camp Half-Blood-and the horses changed. The storm clouds inside burned away, leaving nothing but red dust and shimmering heat, like mirages on the Sahara.
”
― The House of Hades
― The House of Hades
“
After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world,—a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one by the tape of a world that looks on in amused
...more
”
― The Souls of Black Folk
― The Souls of Black Folk
107 members,
last active one year ago
4,959 members,
last active 16 hours ago
10 members,
last active 8 months ago
283 members,
last active 9 hours ago











































