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It would keep breaking our hearts, everyone who knew her, over and over and over again. It was the kind of pain that didn’t exist to someday be healed by pretty words and good memories. It was the kind of pain that existed because, once
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“Education is the enemy of bigotry and hate. It’s hard to hate someone you truly understand.”
― My Name Is Barbra
― My Name Is Barbra
“Here’s the amazing thing about sex: you get a whole person to yourself, for the first time since you were a baby. Someone who is looking at you—just you—and thinking about you, and wanting you, and you haven’t even had to lie at the bottom of the stairs and pretend you’re dead to get them to do it.”
― How to Build a Girl
― How to Build a Girl
“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“I hope I fed you enough. While I'm here. So you carry it with you. Like a camel.' I can hear the smile in her voice, faint. A baring of teeth. 'Maybe that ain't a good way of putting it. Like a well, Jojo. Pull that water up when you need it.”
― Sing, Unburied, Sing
― Sing, Unburied, Sing
“You were capable of imagining a different future. And maybe it won’t be realized today, maybe not in our lifetime. Maybe it will take generations. We’re all part of a continuum. Does that make it pointless?”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
Books & Beverages
— 5 members
— last activity Jul 09, 2013 02:26PM
This one time we wanted to read the same books and discuss them over beverages.
Beach Reads & Bubbly Pittsburgh
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— last activity Sep 18, 2023 07:03AM
Pittsburgh book club for Beach Reads & Bubbly ...more
Pittsburgh Goodreaders
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— last activity Jan 27, 2021 05:33AM
For people who love to read in Pittsburgh, PA and the surrounding area. A few of our members meet in the South Hills of Pittsburgh monthly--All are we ...more
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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