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The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present

by Steve Brusatte

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Native Son

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Persuasion (Kindle Edition)

by Jane Austen

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We Do Not Part by Han Kang

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I had not reconciled with life, but I had to resume living.

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“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

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“We are royalty. True royalty. That stands for something older than this country’s existence.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Death of the Author

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“Love who you love. Speak your truth. Be good and roll with life. You can’t have or control everything or everyone.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Death of the Author

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“You don’t fight the ocean. You have to trust it to carry you. And once you do, you can be anything.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Death of the Author

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“You’re just expected to keep going. Watching people you love drop off, one by one. Then you keep going until it’s your turn to drop off and be gone and then people weep over you. Sometimes I feel like I’d rather be a fucking robot. No pain. No death. No finality. And no need to fear life. Yeah.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Death of the Author

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