Florine

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Florine.

https://www.goodreads.com/florine_reads

This Is Ear Hustl...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Odyssey
Florine is currently reading
by Homer
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 3 books that Florine is reading…
Book cover for The Lines We Cross
“We refugees are different from immigrants, Mina. The immigrant’s heart is caught between the struggle of wanting to stay or return, return or stay. The uncertainty never stops. Every decision is shadowed by what they are missing out on ...more
Loading...
“So what are you supposed to do? My friends, what I need you to do—just for starters—is not act. Not yet. Not first. First I need you to see. I need you to see the pains and possibilities of black life, its virtues and vices, its strengths and weaknesses, its yeses and nos. I need you to see how the cantankerous varieties of black identity have been distorted by seeing black folk collectively as the nigger. It is not a question of simply not saying nigger; you have to stop believing, no matter what, that black folk are niggers and all the term represents. Instead you must swim in the vast ocean of blackness and then realize you have been buoyed all along on its sustaining views of democracy.”
Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

N.K. Jemisin
“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.”
N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became

“Empathy must be cultivated. The practice of empathy means taking a moment to imagine how you might behave if you were in our positions. Do not tell us how we should act if we were you; imagine how you would act if you were us. Imagine living in a society where your white skin marks you for disgust, hate, and fear. Imagine that for many moments. Only when you see black folks as we are, and image yourselves as we have to live our lives, only then will the suffering stop, the hurt cease, the pain go away.”
Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

N.K. Jemisin
“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.”
N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became

Viktor E. Frankl
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.”
Viktor Emil Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

85538 Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 86680 members — last activity 17 hours, 23 min ago
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
179584 Our Shared Shelf — 222825 members — last activity May 18, 2026 10:32AM
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
152441 Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26943 members — last activity 9 hours, 4 min ago
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
year in books
Samantha
1,842 books | 17 friends

Melanie
1,277 books | 87 friends

Rincey
1,691 books | 3,668 friends

Emma Jones
291 books | 43 friends

Allison
1,233 books | 69 friends

Tamsen
3,146 books | 132 friends

Sabira ...
1 book | 6 friends

Judit B...
491 books | 56 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Florine

Lists liked by Florine