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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

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Today was Thanksgiving. One of the hurdles of adulthood is when holidays become measuring sticks against which you always fall short. For children, Thanksgiving is about turkey and Christmas is about presents. Grown up, you learn that all ...more

Evenings and Weekends

by Oisín McKenna

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The Mothers

by Brit Bennett

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Natalie’s Quotes

“There's more to life than books, you know. But not much more.”
― Morrissey

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“Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.”
― Aaron Sorkin

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“I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.”
― Woody Allen, Annie Hall: Screenplay

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“I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, Giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy: I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.”
― Aaron Sorkin

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“died. In some ways the experience of these young men paralleled the experience of the very old. They looked back on intense memories and felt lonely because there was nobody left alive who’d been there.”
― Pat Barker, The Regeneration Trilogy

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