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“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
― Robert Ingersoll

tags: adversity, character, power

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“Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.”
― Sam Levenson

tags: family, humor, relationships

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“Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”
― Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase

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“And he who wields white, wild magic gold is a paradox
For he is everything and nothing
Hero and fool
Potent, helpless
And with one word of truth or treachery
He will save or damn the earth
Because he is mad and sane
Cold and passionate
Lost and found”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

tags: character, choice, conflict, paradox

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“People say you're born innocent, but it's not true. You inherit all kinds of things that you can do nothing about. You inherit your identity, your history, like a birthmark that you can't wash off. ... We are born with our heads turned back, but my mother says we have to face into the future now. You have to earn your own innocence, she says. You have to grow up and become innocent.”
― Hugo Hamilton, The Sailor in the Wardrobe

tags: character, future, growing-up, growth, heritage, history, identity, innocence, maturity, past, personal-history, personality, predispositions, self-discovery

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we decided to get together and finish my required textbook readings try to get through a book a week. also, "just for fun - inside jokes" is a horribl ...more

Chromatic Books — 38 members — last activity Jun 02, 2011 04:35AM
For books written, illustrated, translated and/or edited by chromatic people. 'Chromatic' defined variously as 'person of color', 'non-white', 'black' ...more

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This is place where you can share your thoughts on a book. If you want to express your feelings of a book you like or if you want to vent out your fee ...more

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A group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and supporters interested in fun and stimulating conversation about books, movies, art, ...more