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Cecily
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‘I think art comes to mean something different to people when it becomes something they can possess,’
“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on it and it's hollow. Look under the shells: it's not there.”
― The Power
― The Power
“All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men. But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house. She let out her breath. I loves Harpo, she say. God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead before I let him beat me.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.”
― The Power
― The Power
Cecily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Cecily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,022 books
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87 friends
176 books
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48 friends
50 books
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7 friends
258 books
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177 friends
100 books
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7 friends
0 books
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4 friends
0 books
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14 friends
48 books
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11 friends
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