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“Madonna, you learn not to look to others for your happiness but to yourself. Ignore these people; only a fool makes an instant decision based on appearances alone, looks without seeing. These creatures are beneath us both.”
“there was the unsettling fact that, despite whatever my mother might claim, the bullies, cheats, and self-promoters seemed to be doing quite well, while those she considered good and decent people seemed to get screwed an awful lot.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“When things are bad,” Axe said, walking next to me as we left the December meeting, “no one cares that ‘things could have been worse.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“Enthusiasm makes up for a host of deficiencies.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“Do we care to match the reality of America to its ideals? If so, do we really believe that our notions of self-government and individual freedom, equality of opportunity and equality before the law, apply to everybody? Or are we instead committed, in practice if not in statute, to reserving those things for a privileged few?”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
“And so the world watches America—the only great power in history made up of people from every corner of the planet, comprising every race and faith and cultural practice—to see if our experiment in democracy can work. To see if we can do what no other nation has ever done. To see if we can actually live up to the meaning of our creed.”
― A Promised Land
― A Promised Land
Red River Valley Reader's Club
— 17 members
— last activity Jul 03, 2013 11:07AM
Open to persons who live in the Red River Valley, for a view of our perspective, which is a far cry from the "Lists" that are out there. ...more
Books on the Nightstand
— 6102 members
— last activity Jun 02, 2026 03:32PM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
Paris TX Ladies Book Club
— 36 members
— last activity Aug 01, 2016 04:55PM
This Book Club is based off of the long standing Bas Bleu ladies book club based in Paris, Texas. Formed in 2000, there is quite a selection of good b ...more
The Readers
— 1002 members
— last activity Oct 30, 2024 05:36AM
The Readers is a podcast by Simon Savidge of Savidge Reads and Thomas Otto of Hogglestock, they like to talk about books... alot!
Maxey House Book Club
— 22 members
— last activity Oct 15, 2017 10:00AM
We're a group that meets in person every month, usually on the third Sunday of the month, at the Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site in Paris, TX ...more
Sydney’s 2025 Year in Books
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