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“Sometimes you have to live down to people’s expectations, Kate. If you can do that, you’ll get much further in life.
“The most radical action a white person can take is to acknowledge this denied privilege, to say, “Yes, you’re right. In our institutional structures, and in deep psychological structures, our underlying assumption is that our lives are worth more than yours.”
― Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
― Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
“When we got home to Carlisle, I put my Mets hat in my closet, ignoring Lou's endearing request that we wear the hats to match. I didn't want to look exactly like Lou. Two more Asian kids in New York baseball caps. It's how they already saw us- we just had to look at the movies.”
― Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
― Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
“And just to add insult to injury? I backhand its ass with Hoboken, raining the drunk rage of ten thousand dudebros down on it like the hammer of God. Port Authority makes it honorary New York, motherfucker; you just got Jerseyed.”
― The City We Became
― The City We Became
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“He’s been here one hour, but already he feels like he has never lived anywhere else. And even if he doesn’t know who he was… he knows who he is.”
― The City We Became
― The City We Became
Oprah's Book Club (Official)
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Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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— last activity Jul 19, 2026 05:54AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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— last activity Jul 17, 2026 11:52AM
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Florine’s 2025 Year in Books
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