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Giovanni’s Room

by James Baldwin

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read in January 2020

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Blake Christian said: " I was assigned this book for school, and I am thankful for that. Giovanni’s Room, by the brilliant James Baldwin, is now one of my absolute favorite books. It is not only a literary masterpiece but a intense story. It includes melancholic moments tha ...more "

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"Just as LOVLEY as i remember it" — 10 hours, 17 min ago

Feb 06, 2023 07:59AM · see review

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Passing

by Nella Larsen

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Apr 14, 2026 05:40PM

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Like This, But Funnier

by Hallie Cantor

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"olivia you would like this" — Apr 14, 2026 05:39PM

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Blake’s Quotes

“But when I experience that sense of beauty, it does make me believe in God. Like there’s a meaning behind everything.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

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“So when it hurt and I was too proud to say stop and so said more, I believed, like a Catholic or a Tortured Artist, that the merit of a commitment correlates directly to the pain you endure in its pursuit.”
― Raven Leilani, Luster

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“Is the word ‘passionate’, or is it not, basically an obscene item of vocabulary? No, it isn’t. But is it like a small bandage placed over an item of vocabulary that is in fact obscene? Maybe, yes. A word with blood running through it, a red word. In casual conversation it’s better to use words that are grey or beige.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

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“Perhaps they were involved in something illicit, or something that newly appeared so to them—the way we understood our own behavior shifted according to whether or not we thought we were being seen.”
― Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

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“Well, if that's suffering, he thinks, let me suffer. Yes. To love whoever I have left. And if ever I lose someone, let me descend into a futile and prolonged rage, yes, despair, wanting to break things, furniture, appliances, wanting to get into fights, to scream, to walk in front of a bus, yes. Let me suffer, please. To love just these few people, to know myself capable of that, I would suffer every day of my life.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

tags: existential, grief, loss, love, suffering

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