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Chinua Achebe
“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.”
Chinua Achebe

Lucille Clifton
“People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.”
Lucille Clifton

“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
Nayyirah Waheed

“i do not expect my child’s respect.
just because i have given birth to their life.
does not mean they owe me.
anything.
what i want most
is to look into my child’s eyes
and
see
that i have given birth
to
a
heart.
have
honored.
held and feed.
someones
heart.
from the moment we first met.
and
they love me for it.”
Nayyirah Waheed

Roald Dahl
“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”
Roald Dahl, Matilda

year in books
Megan
2,688 books | 304 friends

Trevor
1,300 books | 292 friends

Taylor ...
257 books | 63 friends

Eugene
662 books | 504 friends

Rachel
118 books | 7 friends

Phillip...
22 books | 20 friends

Johan
46 books | 11 friends

Natalie...
50 books | 11 friends

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