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“When Obama was elected president, a prisoner said “one black man in the White House doesn’t make up for one million black men in the Big House.”
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“In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we did.”
― Sonny's Blues
― Sonny's Blues
“Think of two people, living together day after day, year after year, in this small space, standing elbow to elbow cooking at the same small stove, squeezing past each other on the narrow stairs, shaving in front of the same small bathroom mirror, constantly jogging, jostling, bumping against each other’s bodies by mistake or on purpose, sensually, aggressively, awkwardly, impatiently, in rage or in love – think what deep though invisible tracks they must leave, everywhere, behind them!”
― A Single Man
― A Single Man
#ClassicsCommunity 2021 Reading Challenge
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Lou’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lou’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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