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Yes, slavery existed worldwide, even in ancient Africa, but not slavery based on race. While African kingdoms engaged in forms of servitude, those systems did not hinge on the permanent dehumanization of an entire race.
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
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Kris’s 2025 Year in Books
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