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The moment when an African American art form defined, influenced, reflected a nation’s culture in so many ways: the bourgeoning of sexual license, a burst of political, economic, and artistic power; the ethical conflicts between the sacred
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“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”
― Counsels and Maxims
― Counsels and Maxims
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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“O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear Kate, you and I cannot be confin'd within the weak list of a country's fashion; we are the makers of manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our places stops the mouth of all find-faults.”
― Henry V
― Henry V
“Vinieron. Ellos tenían la Biblia y nosotros teníamos la tierra. Y nos dijeron: "Cierren los ojos y recen", Y cuando abrimos los ojos, ellos tenían la tierra y nosotros teníamos la Biblia.”
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“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
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ione’s 2025 Year in Books
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370 books
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24 friends
15 books
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18 friends
36 books
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10 friends
582 books
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46 friends
638 books
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49 friends
71 books
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79 friends
0 books
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16 friends
32 books
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15 friends
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