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“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― The Fountainhead
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― The Fountainhead
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
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Literary Fiction by People of Color
— 13216 members
— last activity 3 hours, 14 min ago
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
Mystery Madness
— 801 members
— last activity 2 hours, 52 min ago
March Mystery Madness Participants Group Welcome! This is a group for Mystery readers, particularly participants of the March Mystery Madness Readath ...more
Black Coffee
— 3049 members
— last activity Jan 24, 2026 10:04AM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more
#ReadSoulLit Read Along- Tar Baby
— 123 members
— last activity Mar 16, 2018 09:30AM
This group is reading and discussing Tar Baby as a read along in honor of Black History Month!
Mocha Girls Read
— 7012 members
— last activity Feb 14, 2026 09:29AM
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
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