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“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.”
― Black Boy
― Black Boy
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
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“When I see heavy dramas with no comic relief, I don't think they're honest. I don't think people go through life miserable all the time; in fact, if you're very miserable, you giggle a lot at the oddest things."
--Carl Reiner in "The Trib”
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--Carl Reiner in "The Trib”
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“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”
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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Fred’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Fred’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Travel
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