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“It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets.”
― The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
― The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.”
― The Polysyllabic Spree
― The Polysyllabic Spree
“I wanted to be ready.
I had thought I was ready.
I really believed I was ready.
That is, until the milk came.”
― Crazy for Milk
I had thought I was ready.
I really believed I was ready.
That is, until the milk came.”
― Crazy for Milk
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