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Octavia Jones

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“There are generally three kinds of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who say, what in the heck happened.”
― Herman Cain, This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House

tags: people

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“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

tags: burdens, empowerment, flying, freedom, unburdening, weight

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“It's more important to be read than paid.”
― S.L. Walker

tags: author, reading, writing

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“You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.”
― Janet Jackson, True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself

tags: happy, janet-jackson, true-you

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“To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.”
― Janet Jackson, True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself

tags: confused-mind, confusion

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African American Romance — 815 members — last activity Jan 15, 2025 06:43PM
I wanted to create a group for lovers of African-American romance. I searched all through here and found groups for African-American mystery, sci-fi, ...more

Mocha Girls Read — 7077 members — last activity Apr 11, 2026 03:46PM
We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more

Literary Fiction by People of Color — 13309 members — last activity Apr 17, 2026 02:23AM
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

African Americans on the move Book Club — 695 members — last activity Jan 28, 2024 09:04PM
Here at AAMBC we promote urban novels and the authors. We express our knowledge about each great read and meet all of the athors that come into our bo ...more

The Fiction List — 206 members — last activity Jan 19, 2026 06:35AM
The Fiction List is dedicated to quality fiction of all genres.. Our number one goal is to share and read the best of fiction!! JOIN THE MOVEMENT!!

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