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“We are enslaved by habits of our unexamined mind.”
― Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom
― Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom
“He tried to hate all of humanity for being so fragile and ephemeral but he couldn't keep it up because hating everyone is the same as hating no one.”
― Cadáver exquisito
― Cadáver exquisito
“There is something about her he'd like to break”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“Naming children after their parents is stripping them of an identity, reminding them who they belong to.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
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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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