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“Pride can really kill a man. Actually, it makes him kill himself. He justifies his errors and creates his own righteousness in his mind. Grandma used to say, "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is death.”
― Don't Cry for Me
― Don't Cry for Me
“Everything we did, whether we were aware or not, we did with white people in mind. Our life's aim was to make them believe we had value and worth, so we spent our nights trying to figure out what they liked, then spent our days trying to do it. We still haven't pleased them, and truth is, we never will.”
― Don't Cry for Me
― Don't Cry for Me
“Reconsider the capacity of our fathers’ hearts. Many of them were handed so little, yet we expected so much. They gave more than they had, but less than what we needed.”
― Don't Cry for Me
― Don't Cry for Me
“Everything I'd ever loved I'd destroyed. You don't know - I hope you don't know - the feeling of losing everyone you ever loved.”
― Don't Cry for Me
― Don't Cry for Me
“After 'The Color Purple', I became something of a reader. The more I read, the more I saw myself. Knowledge is a funny thing, Issac, it informs by exposing. It shows you precisely how much you don't know. In other's stories, I noticed how similar we all are. Everyone wants the same things and everyone struggles with the same things.”
― Don't Cry for Me
― Don't Cry for Me
Liv’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Liv’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
553 books
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43 friends
45 books
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9 friends
66 books
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3 friends
37 books
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2 friends
480 books
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8 friends
389 books
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15 friends
84 books
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1 friend
165 books
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12 friends
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