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“Self-preservation is as important as generosity. Because if you don't preserve yourself, keep enough for yourself, then of course you have nothing to give.”
― The Female Persuasion
― The Female Persuasion
“You know, I sometimes think that the most effective people in the world are introverts who taught themselves how to be extroverts.”
― The Female Persuasion
― The Female Persuasion
“She was almond-buttery with sweat and sun, her face corrugated with a thousand caramel wrinkles and her hair flour dusted, but the rest of her seemed decades younger.”
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“I think that’s what the people who change our lives always do. They give us permission to be the person we secretly really long to be but maybe don’t feel we’re allowed to be.”
― The Female Persuasion
― The Female Persuasion
“T. Ray did not think colored women were smart. Since I want to tell the whole truth, which means the worst part, I thought they could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being white. Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this. That's what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me.”
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Jules’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jules’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
247 books
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33 friends
127 books
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8 friends
592 books
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17 friends
124 books
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2 friends
168 books
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38 friends
164 books
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11 friends
184 books
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2 friends
335 books
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47 friends
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