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STRANGE stood in Chris Wilson’s bedroom, examining the objects on his dresser. There was a cigar box holding cuff links, a crucifix on a chain, a Mason’s ring with a black onyx stone, ticket stubs from the MCI Center and RFK, and a pickup
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I love this, because it reminds me of my own room in my parents' house in Washington, D.C., and because I think there is some universality in parents wanting to preserve a space in which they remember their children...before you know it, the children are adults, and I think parents often struggle with that.
“She seemed so happy, so at peace, and I wondered how anybody around me could feel that way when liquid fire was raging inside me, when fear was mingling with hope and clutching itself around my ankles.”
― Purple Hibiscus
― Purple Hibiscus
“A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives...”
― Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
― Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
― The Song of the Lark
― The Song of the Lark
“There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a high-stakes standardized exam but does not hold the high officials of our government accountable for robbing her of what they gave their own kids six or seven years before.”
― The Shame of the Nation
― The Shame of the Nation
“Come to the edge," he said.
They said, "We are afraid."
Come to the edge," he said.
They came.
He pushed them...and they flew.”
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They said, "We are afraid."
Come to the edge," he said.
They came.
He pushed them...and they flew.”
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Samuel’s 2025 Year in Books
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Classics, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, and Sports
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