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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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The immediate point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
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Tres Leches
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This group was created by three sisters who each wanted motivation to read more. Thus, we challenged each other to to a duel, to see who could read th ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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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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Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more
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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
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An international reading club appreciating books by authors of African descent in the continent and in the diaspora.
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