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“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Atonement
― Atonement
“if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“My hands tend to be full enough dealing with people who hate me for who I am. Concentrate too hard on the millions of people who hate you for what you are and you're likely to turn into one of those unkempt, sloppy dressers who sag beneath the weight of the two hundred political buttons they wear pinned to their coats and knapsacks.”
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
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Adult Fiction, African American, Biography, Book Club, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, Young-adult, dystopia, humor, and apocalyptic
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