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The Reading Countess The Reading Countess said: " Without a doubt this is the most thought provoking book I’ve read (listened?) to this year. Hard stop.

The Sum of Us is a well-written journey through US history’s complicated past, present and future written by a Black attorney/economist. She looks a
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Mark Twain
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
Mark Twain

Oscar Wilde
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
Oscar Wilde

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
Jorge Luis Borges

Eleanor Roosevelt
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

We read to know we're not alone.
“We read to know we're not alone.”
William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

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