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In America the dream is to make it out of the ghetto. In Soweto, because there was no leaving the ghetto, the dream was to transform the ghetto.
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“But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.”
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“Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.”
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“It's hard to love a woman and do anything.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
#ClassicsCommunity 2021 Reading Challenge
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— last activity Aug 20, 2025 03:13PM
In 2021, I'm hosting a year-long readathon where I - and hopefully you! - will be reading as many classics as possible. The #ClassicsCommunity is an ...more
Housmans Queer Book Club
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— last activity Dec 27, 2018 03:40AM
The Goodreads group for the Housmans Queer Book Club
Small and Independent Press Books
— 490 members
— last activity Dec 05, 2024 01:59AM
A group to discuss and recommend books published by the independent presses. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are all allowed.
Spacesuits, Spells, and Spectres
— 148 members
— last activity Jun 07, 2014 12:54AM
A group for those who enjoy literature in the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Our borders are blurred sometimes edging into the realms of Super ...more
What should I read next?: The book ending support group
— 1021 members
— last activity Jul 25, 2021 08:47PM
If you are like me, you read constantly but at the same time you are constantly looking for the next great thing. "Once this incredible book is done.. ...more
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