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

Douglas Adams
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

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

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

Mahatma Gandhi
“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
Mahatma Gandhi

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