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"I am having difficulty reading actual books right now. i hope to finish this later or maybe get a Kindle edition." — Jul 20, 2016 10:59AM
"I am having difficulty reading actual books right now. i hope to finish this later or maybe get a Kindle edition." — Jul 20, 2016 10:59AM
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. —JAMES A. BALDWIN”
― Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
― Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
“It is easy to proclaim all souls equal in the sight of God; it is hard to make men equal on earth in the sight of men.”
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“how can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should?”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Close, close all night
the lovers keep.
They turn together
in their sleep,
Close as two pages
in a book
that read each other
in the dark.
Each knows all
the other knows,
learned by heart
from head to toes.”
― Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments
the lovers keep.
They turn together
in their sleep,
Close as two pages
in a book
that read each other
in the dark.
Each knows all
the other knows,
learned by heart
from head to toes.”
― Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments
“Every white person in this country-and I do not care what he or she says-knows one thing. They may not know, as they put, "what I want",but they know they would not like to be black here.
If they know that, then they know everything they need to know, and whatever else they say is a lie.”
― The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings
If they know that, then they know everything they need to know, and whatever else they say is a lie.”
― The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings
Muriel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Muriel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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